Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages. Getting the Picture : In Memory of Michael Clyne- In Collaboration with Catrin Norrby, Leo Kretzenbacher, Carla Amorós

This Volume Comprises 28 Papers Presented At The 1 St International Conference On Non-dominant Varieties Of Pluricentric Languages In Graz (austria) In July 2011. The Conference Was Also Held In Memory Of Michael Clyne – Eminent Linguist, Scholar, Language Enthusiast And Advocate Of Multilingualism Who Died In October 2010. The Volume Pays Homage To His Important Contributions In Many Fields Of Linguistics And In The Theory Of Pluricentric Languages. The Conference In Graz Was The First International Event To Document The Situation Of Non-dominant Varieties World-wide In Order To Identify Common Or Diverging Features. It Provided Substantial Insights Into The Codification And In Corpus And Status Planning Of Non-dominant Varieties. The Volume Deals With 18 Languages And 31 Different National And Other Varieties In 29 Countries Of The World. Cover; Table Of Contents; Preface; John Hajek: Homage To Michael Clyne: Linguist, Colleague And Advocate; Rudolf Muhr: Linguistic Dominance And Non-dominancein Pluricentric Languages: A Typology; Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jan Lindström, Jenny Nilsson: Finland-swedish As A Non-dominant Variety Of Swedish - Extending The Scope To Pragmaticand Interactional Aspects; Carla Amorós, Carmen Fernández, Natividad Hernández, Emilio Prieto: Difficulties In Defining The Standard Spanish Lexicon Nils Langer: Finding Non-dominant Languagesin The Nineteenth Century - Problems And Potentials From Historical Sociolinguisticschiara Messina: Researching A Language For Special Purposes Within A Non-dominant Variety: An Overview Based On The Example Of Austrian German; Heinz L. Kretzenbacher: The Emancipation Of Strine: Australian English As An Established Post-colonial National Standard Of English; Johan De Caluwe: Dutch As A Bicentric Language: A Lexicographic (r)evolution; John Hajek: (non-) Dominant Varieties Of A (non-)pluricentric Language?italian In Italian And Switzerland Marilena Karyolemou: Cypriot Greek As A Non Dominant Variety Of Greekjasmine Dum-tragut: Amen Teł Hay Kay. 20 Years Later - Pluricentric Armenian And Its Changed Dominance Hierarchy; Salvatore Del Gaudio: The Russian Language In Ukraine: Some Unsettled Questions About Its Status As A 'national' Variety; Curt Woolhiser: Belarusian Russian: Sociolinguistic Status And Discursive Representations; Domergue Sumien: Harmonizing Non-dominant Standards Throughout Four States; Josep-àngel Mas: Catalan As A Pluricentric Language: The Valencian Case Esther Nuñez Villanueva: The Role Of The Media In Standardising A Regional Variety: The Case Of Canal Sur And Sevillian Spanish In The Pluricentric Debate Maria Eugenia L. Duarte: When Speech And Writing Are Too Far Apart!non-dominant Features Of Brazilian Portuguese Becoming Dominant; Aline Bazenga: Variation In Subject-verb Agreement In An Insular Variety Of European Portuguese; Ana Raquel Simões, Sara Sousa: Language Teachers' Practices, Representations And Knowledge On Intra-linguistic Diversity: A Case Study In Portugal; Dawn Marley: Competing Varieties Of French And Arabic In Morocco Abderrazzaq Msellek: Aspects Of Moroccan Arabicmunirah Alajlan: Dominant And Non-dominant Varieties In The Gulf: Social Class Or Region?; Zeinab Ibrahim: Egyptian Revolution 2011 Slogans: Intuitive Language Choices Between Dominant And Non-dominant Varieties Of Arabic; Simone Ashby: Co-producers Of This Means Of Expression': Evidence From Mozambique In Support Of The Study Of Indigenizing Languages; Aditi Ghosh: Bhojpuri As A Non-dominant Variety Of Hindi; Adrian Tien: Chinese Hokkien And Its Lexicon In Singapore: Evidence For An Indigenised Singapore Culture Jidda Hassan Jumma'a: Nigerain English: Linguistic, Sociolinguistic And Conversational Characteristics In The Framework Of Dominance And Non-dominance; Kelen Ernesta Tonyuy: Attitudes Toward Less Dominant Accents Of Cameroon English Rudolf Muhr (ed.) ; In Collaboration With Catrin Norrby, Leo Kretzenbacher, Carla Amorós. In Memory Of Michael Clyne. This Volume Comprises 28 Papers That Were Presented At The '1st International Conference On Non-dominant Varieties Of Pluricentric Languages' Which Was Organised By The 'working Group On Non-dominant Varieties Of Pluricentric Languages' And Held In Graz (austria) From July 11-13, 2011--p. 9. Includes Bibliographical References. English Table of contents 5 John HAJEK (Melbourne, Australia): Homage to Michael Clyne: linguist, colleague and advocate 11 I. Defining dominance and non-dominance in pluricentric languages and exploring their effects on linguistic theory 23 1. Rudolf MUHR (Graz, Austria): Linguistic dominance and non-dominance in pluricentric languages. A typology 23 2. Catrin NORRBY (Stockholm, Sweden); Camilla WIDE (Turku, Finland); Jan LINDSTRÖM (Helsinki, Finland); Jenny NILSSON (Gothenburg, Sweden): Finland Swedish as a non-dominant variety of Swedish – extending the scope to pragmatic and interactional aspects 49 3. Carla AMORÓS / Carmen FERNÁNDEZ / Natividad HERNÁNDEZ / Emilio PRIETO (Salamanca, Spain): Difficulties in defining the standard Spanish lexicon 63 II. Non-dominance of varieties and languages in historical periods and in the context of special language 83 4. Nils LANGER (Bristol, UK): Finding non-dominant languages in the nineteenth century – problems and potentials from historical sociolinguistics 83 5. Chiara MESSINA (Milano/Genoa, Italy): Researching a Language for Special Purposes within a Non-Dominant Variety: Problematic Issues and possible Ways Out. An Overview based on the Example of Austrian German 107 III. Non-dominant varieties that successfully improved their status 129 6. Heinz L. KRETZENBACHER (Melbourne, Australia): The emancipation of Strine: Australian English as an established post-colonial national standard of English 129 7. Johan DE CALUWE (Ghent, Belgium): Dutch as a bi-centric language: a lexicographic (r)evolution 143 IV. Non-dominant varieties of languages where the status of the variety is unclear, evolving or changing 155 8. John HAJEK (Melbourne, Australia): (Non-)dominant varieties of a (non-) pluricentric language? Italian in Italian and Switzerland 155 9. Marilena KARYOLEMOU (Nicosia, Cyprus): Cypriot Greek as a non-dominant variety of Greek 167 10. Jasmine DUM-TRAGUT (Salzburg, Austria): Amen teł hay kay. 20 years later – Pluricentric Armenian and its changed dominance hierarchy 187 11. Salvatore DEL GAUDIO (Kiev, Ukraine): The Russian Language in Ukraine: some unsettled questions about its status as a ‘national’ variety 207 12. Curt WOOLHISER (Waltham, USA): “Belarusian Russian”: Sociolinguistic Status and Discursive Representations 227 13. Domergue SUMIEN (Aix-en-Provence, France): Occitan: harmonizing non-dominant standards throughout four states 263 14. Josep-Àngel MAS (València, Spain): Catalan as a pluricentric language: the Valencian case 283 15. Esther Nuñez Villanueva (Manchester, UK): The role of the media in standardising a regional variety: the case of Canal Sur and Seville Spanishin the pluricentric debate 301 V. The effects of pluricentricity in the Portuguese speaking world 315 16. Maria Eugenia L. DUARTE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): When speech and writing are too far apart. Non-dominant features of Brazilian Portuguese becoming dominant 315 17. Aline BAZENGA (Madeira, Portugal): Variation in subject-verb agreement in an insular variety of European Portuguese 327 18. Ana Raquel SIMÕES / Sara SOUSA (Aveiro, Portugal): Language teachers' practices, representations and knowledge on intralinguistic diversity: a case study in Portugal 349 VI. Dominance and non-dominance in the Arabic-speaking world in the context of diglossia and multilingualism 363 19. Dawn MARLEY (Guildford, UK): Competing varieties of French and Arabic in Morocco 363 20. Abderrazzaq MSELLEK (Fès, Morocco): Sociolinguistic Aspects of Moroccan Arabic 381 21. Munirah ALAJLAN (Kuwait City, Kuwait): Dominant and Non-Dominant Varieties in the Gulf: Social Class or Region? 387 22. Zeinab Ibrahim (Qatar): Egyptian Revolution 2011 Slogans: Intuitive Language Choices between Dominant and Non-Dominant Varieties of Arabic 401 VII. Dominance and non-dominance of pluricentric languages in multilingual societies in Africa, India and Asia 415 23. Simone ASHBY (Lisbon, Portugal): Co-producers of this means of expression’: Evidence from Mozambique in support of the study of indigenizing languages 415 24. Aditi GHOSH (Calcutta, India): Bhojpuri as a non-dominant variety of Hindi 435 25. Adrian TIEN (Singapore): Chinese Hokkien and its lexicon in Singapore: evidence for an indigenised Singapore culture 453 26. Jidda Hassan JUMMA’A (Maiduguri, Nigeria): Nigerian English: Linguistic, sociolinguistic and conversational characteristics in the framework of dominance/non-dominance 473 27. Kelen Ernesta FONYUY (Bayreuth, Germany): Attitudes toward less Dominant Accents of Cameroon English 491 This Volume Comprises 28 Papers Presented At The 1 St International Conference On Non-dominant Varieties Of Pluricentric Languages In Graz (austria) In July 2011. The Conference Was Also Held In Memory Of Michael Clyne – Eminent Linguist, Scholar, Language Enthusiast And Advocate Of Multilingualism Who Died In October 2010. The Volume Pays Homage To His Important Contributions In Many Fields Of Linguistics And In The Theory Of Pluricentric Languages. The Conference In Graz Was The First International Event To Document The Situation Of Non-dominant Varieties World-wide In Order To Identify Common Or Diverging Features. It Provided Substantial Insights Into The Codification And In Corpus And Status Planning Of Non-dominant Varieties. The Volume Deals With 18 Languages And 31 Different National And Other Varieties In 29 Countries Of The World. Cover; Table Of Contents; Preface; John Hajek: Homage To Michael Clyne: Linguist, Colleague And Advocate; Rudolf Muhr: Linguistic Dominance And Non-dominancein Pluricentric Languages: A Typology; Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jan Lindström, Jenny Nilsson: Finland-swedish As A Non-dominant Variety Of Swedish - Extending The Scope To Pragmaticand Interactional Aspects; Carla Amorós, Carmen Fernández, Natividad Hernández, Emilio Prieto: Difficulties In Defining The Standard Spanish Lexicon Nils Langer: Finding Non-dominant Languagesin The Nineteenth Century - Problems And Potentials From Historical Sociolinguisticschiara Messina: Researching A Language For Special Purposes Within A Non-dominant Variety: An Overview Based On The Example Of Austrian German; Heinz L. Kretzenbacher: The Emancipation Of Strine: Australian English As An Established Post-colonial National Standard Of English; Johan De Caluwe: Dutch As A Bicentric Language: A Lexicographic (r)evolution; John Hajek: (non-) Dominant Varieties Of A (non-)pluricentric Language?italian In Italian And Switzerland Marilena Karyolemou: Cypriot Greek As A Non Dominant Variety Of Greekjasmine Dum-tragut: Amen Teł Hay Kay. 20 Years Later - Pluricentric Armenian And Its Changed Dominance Hierarchy; Salvatore Del Gaudio: The Russian Language In Ukraine: Some Unsettled Questions About Its Status As A 'national' Variety; Curt Woolhiser: Belarusian Russian: Sociolinguistic Status And Discursive Representations; Domergue Sumien: Harmonizing Non-dominant Standards Throughout Four States; Josep-àngel Mas: Catalan As A Pluricentric Language: The Valencian Case Esther Nuñez Villanueva: The Role Of The Media In Standardising A Regional Variety: The Case Of Canal Sur And Sevillian Spanish In The Pluricentric Debate Maria Eugenia L. Duarte: When Speech And Writing Are Too Far Apart!non-dominant Features Of Brazilian Portuguese Becoming Dominant; Aline Bazenga: Variation In Subject-verb Agreement In An Insular Variety Of European Portuguese; Ana Raquel Simões, Sara Sousa: Language Teachers' Practices, Representations And Knowledge On Intra-linguistic Diversity: A Case Study In Portugal; Dawn Marley: Competing Varieties Of French And Arabic In Morocco Abderrazzaq Msellek: Aspects Of Moroccan Arabicmunirah Alajlan: Dominant And Non-dominant Varieties In The Gulf: Social Class Or Region?; Zeinab Ibrahim: Egyptian Revolution 2011 Slogans: Intuitive Language Choices Between Dominant And Non-dominant Varieties Of Arabic; Simone Ashby: Co-producers Of This Means Of Expression': Evidence From Mozambique In Support Of The Study Of Indigenizing Languages; Aditi Ghosh: Bhojpuri As A Non-dominant Variety Of Hindi; Adrian Tien: Chinese Hokkien And Its Lexicon In Singapore: Evidence For An Indigenised Singapore Culture Jidda Hassan Jumma'a: Nigerain English: Linguistic, Sociolinguistic And Conversational Characteristics In The Framework Of Dominance And Non-dominance; Kelen Ernesta Tonyuy: Attitudes Toward Less Dominant Accents Of Cameroon English Rudolf Muhr (ed.) ; In Collaboration With Catrin Norrby, Leo Kretzenbacher, Carla Amorós. In Memory Of Michael Clyne. This Volume Comprises 28 Papers That Were Presented At The '1st International Conference On Non-dominant Varieties Of Pluricentric Languages' Which Was Organised By The 'working Group On Non-dominant Varieties Of Pluricentric Languages' And Held In Graz (austria) From July 11-13, 2011--p. 9. Includes Bibliographical References. English This volume comprises 28 papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages in Graz (Austria) in July 2011. The conference was also held in memory of Michael Clyne – eminent linguist, scholar, language enthusiast and advocate of multilingualism who died in October 2010. The volume pays homage to his important contributions in many fields of linguistics and in the theory of pluricentric languages. The conference in Graz was the first international event to document the situation of non-dominant varieties world-wide in order to identify common or diverging features. It provided substantial insights into the codification and in corpus and status planning of non-dominant varieties. The volume deals with 18 languages and 31 different national and other varieties in 29 countries of the world.