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Responding to sociolinguistic change: New speakers and variationist sociolinguistics
International Journal of Bilingualism, 2022Aims: The goal of this special issue is to anchor an understanding of language variation and change in a relatively newly adopted framework for researching ‘new speakers’ of minoritized languages. Approach: This paper first reviews basic principles of variationist sociolinguistics as they apply to new-speaker contexts before critically engaging with ...
Itxaso Rodriguez-Ordoñez +2 more
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Extending ELAN into variationist sociolinguistics
Linguistics Vanguard, 2015Abstract Prior to the implementation of ELAN (tla.mpi.nl/tools/tla-tools/elan, Wittenburg et al. 2006), it was common for sociolinguists to use multiple software applications, and consequently multiple formats, along the route from recording participants to conducting statistical analyses of the data. We present a method which allows for
Naomi Nagy, Miriam Meyerhoff
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2019
Researchers in language variation seek to understand how linguistic, social, and individual factors influence speakers’ choices within sets of related variable forms as in, for example, the alternation between working and workin’ in English. A central premise in this approach is that the variation observed at all linguistic levels is not random. Rather,
Robert Bayley, Richard Cameron
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Researchers in language variation seek to understand how linguistic, social, and individual factors influence speakers’ choices within sets of related variable forms as in, for example, the alternation between working and workin’ in English. A central premise in this approach is that the variation observed at all linguistic levels is not random. Rather,
Robert Bayley, Richard Cameron
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Pragmatics and Variationist Sociolinguistics
2013AbstractThis chapter identifies how pragmatics may inform definitions of the sociolinguistic variable, provide a basis for generating hypotheses about constraints, and contribute to useful debates about where variation may or may not occur. It shows show how variationist research may provide empirically based tests of pragmatic hypotheses, contribute ...
Richard Cameron, Scott Schwenter
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Tapping into German Adjective Variation: A Variationist Sociolinguistic Approach
Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 2022Following the Labovian paradigm, the present study uses variationist quantitative methods to examine the linguistic and social factors influencing adjective choices in German. By focusing on adjectives of positive evaluation (such ascool‘cool’,toll/geil‘great’), an analysis of over 3,000 tokens reveals that the choice of using one adjective over a ...
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Modeling Socioeconomic Class in Variationist Sociolinguistics
Language and Linguistics Compass, 2009Abstract Modeling socioeconomic class has been a persistent challenge in the analysis of sociolinguistic variation. While early stratificational models formulated on the basis of socioeconomic indicators such as income, occupation, and area of residence revealed compelling patterns of linguistic variation, they were critiqued for ...
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Identity in variationist sociolinguistics
2016This chapter provides an overview of the different perspectives on identity within variationist sociolinguistics (henceforth VS). It also discusses some of the central issues within the field pertaining to applied linguistics; in particular, language discrimination and the recent expansion of VS into second language acquisition.
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Revisiting the Need for New Approaches to Social Class in Variationist Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistic Studies, 2010To better account for patterns in language variation by social class and to conceptualise and analyse social class in new and refined ways, many sociolinguists have recommended looking to theoretical and methodological advancements in sociology and anthropology.
Christine Mallinson, Robin Dodsworth
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Language and Education, 2012
In order for schools to develop systematic and realistic strategies for extending children's linguistic repertoires, it is imperative that teachers and allied professionals have access to scientifically informed accounts of the variable but structured nature of the everyday speech used by children.
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In order for schools to develop systematic and realistic strategies for extending children's linguistic repertoires, it is imperative that teachers and allied professionals have access to scientifically informed accounts of the variable but structured nature of the everyday speech used by children.
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2019
This dissertation explores Subject Pronoun Expression (SPE) in Cabo-Verdean Creole (CVC), a Portuguese-based language spoken in the Republic of Cabo Verde. The CVC subject domain has at least three types of nominative anaphora: a subject clitic, a null subject, and a double-subject construction.
Rodríguez-Riccelli, Adrian +1 more
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This dissertation explores Subject Pronoun Expression (SPE) in Cabo-Verdean Creole (CVC), a Portuguese-based language spoken in the Republic of Cabo Verde. The CVC subject domain has at least three types of nominative anaphora: a subject clitic, a null subject, and a double-subject construction.
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