Areal Analysis of Language Attitudes and Practices: A Case Study from Nepal

Autor/inn/en	Hildebrandt, Kristine A.; Hu, Shunfu
Titel	Areal Analysis of Language Attitudes and Practices: A Case Study from Nepal
Quelle	In: Language Documentation & Conservation, (2017) 13, S.13 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-5275
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Language Usage; Case Studies; Geographic Regions; Sino Tibetan Languages; Geography; Influences; Cultural Influences; Language Minorities; Interviews; Questionnaires; Rural Areas; Proximity; Sociolinguistics; Dialects; Individual Characteristics; Social Influences; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sprachgebrauch; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Geografie; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sprachminderheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Lebensnähe; Soziolinguistik; Dialect; Dialekt; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	This paper has two aims. One aim is to consider non-structural (language attitude and use) variables as valid in the field of dialect and linguistic geography in an inner Himalayan valley of Nepal, where four languages have traditionally coexisted asymmetrically and which demonstrate different degrees of vitality vs. endangerment. The other aim is an application of modified spatiality as it aligns with speaker attitudes and practices amidst recent and ongoing socio-economic and population changes. We demonstrate that variation in self-reported attitudes and practices across languages in this region can be explained as much with adjusted spatial factors (labeled "social space") as with traditional social factors (e.g. gender, age, formal education, occupation, etc.). As such, our study contributes to a discourse on the role and potential of spatiality in sociolinguistic analyses of smaller language communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01