That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet: Folk Perceptions, Status and Language Variation

Autor/inn/en	McKenzie, Robert M.; Osthus, Dietmar
Titel	That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet: Folk Perceptions, Status and Language Variation
Quelle	In: AILA Review, 24 (2011), S.100-115 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-0213
DOI	10.1075/aila.24.08mck
Schlagwörter	Language Research; Language Variation; Applied Linguistics; Criticism; Foreign Countries; Bilingualism; Folk Culture; Sociolinguistics; Language Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachforschung; Sprachenvielfalt; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Kritik; Ausland; Bilingualismus; Soziolinguistik; Sprachverhalten
Abstract	Folk perceptions of language diversity often differ from the criteria laid out by linguists and have particular implications for applied/sociolinguists since the collective identification of language diversity largely determines the ways in which individuals regard the categorisation of their own (and others) linguistic uses as belonging to a specific social and/or regional variety. Folk perceptions can thus help define speech communities as well as explain sociolinguistic other phenomena. This paper provides a critical analysis of the existing folk linguistic research into language variation in a number of different contexts: the UK, the USA, France and Japan. It is hoped that the information gained will help build up a more detailed sociolinguistic picture of the complex and often contradictory nature of lay individuals' attitudes towards linguistic variation. In the final sections of the paper the authors argue for a greater deal of recognition within modern linguistics of the value of examining folk perceptions of language diversity. (As Provided).
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