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9 Cards in this Set
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Misconceptions in dialectology |
Regional dialects often associated with lower class Often used to refer to forms of a language Often considered to be erroneous, inappropriate, deviant |
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Can you speak without a dialect? |
No Every speaker of a language speaks a dialect of that language A language standard (one that is the preferred form on a national level) is also a dialect |
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What is the main difference between languages and dialects? |
The criterion of mutual intelligibility Languages are collections of mutual intelligible dialects |
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Dialectology |
Systematic study of dialects Subdiscipline of sociolinguistics (focus on regional variation) To analyse, catalogue, map(!) the grammatical, lexical and phonological features of dialects of a language First written documentation of dialect variation dates back to the 12th century Large-scale and systematic study of dialects began in 19th century |
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Deutscher Sprachatlas |
-started with Georg Wenker (1852-1911) -systematic survey of 40000 towns and villages of the German Reich -data collected by indirect questioning -other researchers expanded on his work using the same method |
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Dialectology of British Isles |
-awareness of dialect variation in England documented as early 14th century (Caxton, Chaucer) -scientific study began in late 19th century -survey of English dialects (SED) (1946-1971) |
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Steps in compiling a linguistic atlas |
1. begin with idea 2. establish a grid across that territory 3. establish a network of communities within that grid 4. organise a questionnaire of selected items 5. select informants within that network of communities 6. interview informants according to the questionnaire 7. record informant responses |
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Dialect boundary |
Where many isoglosses overlap |
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NORMs |
Non-mobile (lived in same region for most of their lives) Old (60+) Males (considered to be more conservative concerning language use) Rural (live on countryside) |
