Language Variation u European Perspectives: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 3), Amsterdam, June 2005 (Studies in Language Variation)

Language Variation – European Perspectives......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 LCC data......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 1. Foreword: background......Page 8 2. An overview......Page 9 3. Overlap and complementarity in focus, research questions and approach......Page 10 4. Concluding remarks......Page 13 References......Page 14 1. Introduction......Page 16 2. The formal properties of phrasal verbs......Page 17 3. The aspectual use of two Ps, fora “out” and su “up”.......Page 21 4. The distribution of phrasal verbs in the linguistic spectrum......Page 25 References......Page 28 1. Introduction......Page 30 2. Tonology of the nuclear rise-fall......Page 32 3. Data and methods......Page 35 4. Conversational functions of the Colognian nuclear rise-fall......Page 37 5. Comparison with the nuclear rise-fall in Standard German......Page 40 References......Page 42 1. Introduction......Page 44 3. Methodology......Page 47 4. Distribution of VC and CV clitics......Page 48 5. Data analysis......Page 53 References......Page 56 Appendix......Page 58 1. Introduction......Page 60 2. Definitions and uses of ‘native speaker’ (NS) within linguistics......Page 61 3. Applying the concept of native speaker in a contemporary multilingual context......Page 64 4. Concluding discussion......Page 73 References......Page 74 1. Introduction......Page 78 2. The pilot study......Page 80 3. Findings......Page 81 4. Discussion......Page 87 References......Page 88 1. Introduction......Page 90 2. Point of departure......Page 91 3. The ‘Regional accent in the German language area’ project......Page 93 4. Pilot study: How dialectally do German police answer emergency calls?......Page 95 5. Prospects......Page 101 References......Page 102 1. On linguicism and standard language ideology in Hungary*......Page 104 2. The Hungarian National Sociolinguistic Survey (HNSS)......Page 108 3. The linguistic variables in this study......Page 109 4. The independent social variables......Page 111 5. Standard Hungarian ideology and its targets......Page 112 6. Learnability......Page 115 7. Multi-generational effects in second-dialect acquisition......Page 119 8. The effects of educational mobility......Page 120 9. How to officially ratify societal prejudice......Page 124 10. Linguicism at its worst......Page 127 11. Teachers......Page 129 References......Page 130 1. Exploratory multivariate analysis......Page 134 2. The NECTE data......Page 139 3. Hierarchical cluster analysis of the TLS phonetic transcriptions......Page 140 References......Page 147 1. Introduction......Page 150 2. Methods......Page 152 3. Results......Page 154 4. Discussion......Page 157 References......Page 158 1. Introduction......Page 160 2. Background information......Page 161 3. Description of the variation......Page 164 4. An OT account of the variation......Page 171 5. Conclusion......Page 173 References......Page 174 1. Introduction......Page 176 2. Data......Page 178 4. A variationist perspective on the alternation among SF, HP, P and IR......Page 181 5. Results......Page 188 6. The transition period in language change......Page 200 References......Page 204 1. Introduction......Page 208 2. Location, informants and questionnaire......Page 209 3. Intersystemic correspondences......Page 210 4. Discussion and conclusion......Page 221 References......Page 222 2. The language situation in Belarus......Page 224 3. Region and respondents......Page 226 4. Perceptions and categorizations of linguistic phenomena and differences......Page 230 5. Discussion and conclusion......Page 233 References......Page 236 Appendix: interview extract......Page 238 1. Introduction......Page 240 2. Polarisation......Page 241 3. Some Flemish cases of polarisation......Page 243 4. Kleit vs. Landegem......Page 250 5. Polarisation revisited......Page 252 6. To conclude......Page 254 References......Page 255 1. The short vowel systems in London and south-east England......Page 256 3. Method of analysis......Page 260 4. Results......Page 261 5. Discussion......Page 268 References......Page 269 1. Introduction......Page 272 2. Levelling, koineization and register variation......Page 273 3. Levels of language use......Page 276 4. On diglossia and bidialectism......Page 280 References......Page 281 Subject index......Page 284 This volume presents 16 original studies of variation in languages representing the three main European language families, as well as in varieties of Greek and Hungarian. The studies concern variation in or across dialects or dialect groups, in standard varieties or in emerging regional varieties of the standard. Several studies investigate a specific linguistic element or structure, while others focus on areas of tension between variation and prescriptive standard norms, on regional standard varieties and regiolects, on problems of linguistic classification (from folk linguistic or dialect geographical perspectives) and the classification of speakers. Language acquisition plays a main role in three studies. The studies in this volume represent a range of methods, including ethnographic and 'interpretative' approaches, conversation analysis, analyses of the internal and geographical distribution of dialect features, the classification and quantitative analyses of socio-demographic speaker background data, quantitative analyses of both diachronic and synchronic language data, phonetic measurements, as well as (quasi-)experimental perception studies. The volume thus offers a microcosmic reflection of the macrocosmos of world-wide research on variability in (originally) European languages at the beginning of the 21th century and the linguistic expression of cultural diversity