Dialects In Contact


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(1st Dialect acquisition)

Schleef, Clarke & Meierhoff

-Poles in Edinburgh + London

-(ing) production

-patterns of locales match with Polish teens?

(1st Dialect acquisition)

Schleef, Clarke & Meierhoff:

Edinburgh Result

-same: Priming

-different: everything else

-frequencies of apical variant higher

(1st Dialect acquisition)

Schleef, Clarke & Meierhoff:

London result

-same: progressive dissimilation

-different: everything else

(1st Dialect acquisition)

Schleef, Clarke & Meierhoff:

Conclusion

>Polish teens already acquired a number of variations of native speaker's (ing)

(1st Dialect acquisition)

Schleef, Clarke & Meierhoff:

Evidence for systematising

involves emergence of some linguistically + cognitively predictable constraints + social constraints not found in native speakers

(Dialect Isolation)

Recap: Contact

weakening of social network ties > susceptibility to change

(Dialect Isolation)

Recap: Reroutinisation

-recreation of social life

-recreation of routines

>koineisation

(Dialect Isolation)

Recap: Accommodation

-generally imperfect

-adults not very good + very slow

(Dialect Isolation)

Recap: Koineisation processes

1. levelling

2. simplification

3. reallocation

4. interdialect

(Dialect Isolation)

Recap: Levelling

-dominant process in western Europe

-unmarked forms > marked

e.g. vowels less marked than consonants /wi:l/ - /wi:u/

(Dialect Isolation)

Recap: Milroy about social networks

the stronger + denser social networks are, the more likely the community is to retain their dialect

(Dialect Isolation)

Social networks in isolated communities, characterisation

-not necessarily rural dialects

-communities not necessarily geographically isolated

-very few non-natives

-dense, multiplex, encouraging resistance to changes from outside

(Dialect Isolation)

Multiplex Relations

several relations between each other e.g. live in same street, work for same employer etc.

(Dialect Isolation)

Trudgill 1989

-non-natives influence the talk of natives

-balance in favour of non-natives > in ISOLATED situations balance in favour of natives

(Dialect Isolation)

Barriers to non-natives

1. restricted code

2. morphological irregularities

3. high paradigmatic redundancy

4. low morphological transparency

(Dialect Isolation)

Restricted code

-"the tray" > insiders.

-things only known by a special, familiar community. information doesn't need to be expresses but inadequate information for outsiders.

>found in tight-knit, isolated communities with little contact with outsiders

(Dialect Isolation)

2 types of redundancy

1. syntagmatic redundancy

2. paradigmatic redundancy

(Dialect Isolation)

Syntagmatic redundancy

-repetition of information in morphosyntax (plural form -s, gender etc.)

>helps non-native speakers

(Dialect Isolation)

Paradigmatic redundancy

-existence of gramm. differences/endings/conjugation

>high amount, carry no useful information but problem for non-natives

>has to be recognized to be fully understood

>often lost/simplified in contact situation

(Dialect Isolation)

morphological transparency

level of correspondance between a grammatical category and what it expresses

tooth + doctor = dentist > low

Zahn + Arzt = Zahnarzt > high

(Dialect Isolation)

Fast speech phenomena

-hard to learn for non-natives but easier + faster for natives

-less explicit information e.g. t/d deletion

-Trudgill 1995: more likely in isolated, close networks with few non-native speakers

(Dialect Isolation)

Do-Conjunctions

Rural dialect of Norfolk English:

-developed as a result of fast speech phenomena + strong social networks

(What is the Problem?)

Problems

-studies before recognition of importance of contact

-urban fetishism

-recognition of the problem (Horvath, Fox)

-social networks, stability, contact + mobility

(What is the Problem?)

Traditional dialectology

-scared of mobility, it's making dialect impossible

-serves as historical baseline for later studies

(What is the Problem?)

Traditional dialectologists:

Data collection

-Questionnaire

-non-mobile

-men

-old

-rural

=NORMS

(What is the Problem?)

Sociolinguistic dialectologists:

Early 1960s

-quantitative revolution

-technological advances

-'discovery' of social problems in cities

-rise of social equality movements, gender movements

-move to big cities (Labov, Trudgill, Riley...)

(What is the Problem?)

Sociolinguistic dialectologists:

Research questions

-how does language change?

-how examine change in progress while it's happening?

-language variation messy or structured?

(What is the Problem?)

Sociolinguistic dialectologists:

Data collection

-ignored very young + old > took from middle

-WOMEN as well

-only natives (Labov excluded older than 8 in NY, Trudgill excluded completely)

-close-knit urban communities (due to Labov)

(What is the Problem?)

Urban fetishism:

urban places

(urban dialectology)

-best places to look at for language diversity

-many conflicts, contact, change, complexity, variation

(What is the Problem?)

Urban fetishism:

rural places

-insular

-isolated

-static

-idylls of peace, security + tranquility

(What is the Problem?)

Urban fetishism:

Conclusion idea

to demonstrate structure + order in a heterogeneous language situation, look at large, dynamic, messy cities

(What is the Problem?)

Marshall 2004

urban vs rural traits

(What is the Problem?)

Marshall 2004:

urban traits

-detachment of family + work

-no need to associate with neighbours

-solidarity with co-workers against boss + managers

(What is the Problem?)

Marshall 2004:

rural traits

-no sharp distinction work / leisure

-participation in local clubs w. friends

-ideology of mutual responsibility > harmony

-Independence

-Co-operation

-"Dörfligeist"

(What is the Problem?)

Mental urbanisation index

(Marshall 2004, Aberdeen + Iverness)

certain social behaviours:

-"keep up with city fashion"

-"important to own a pc"

(What is the Problem?)

Mobilities Paradigm

(Malkki 1992)

-mobility is seen as a threat, disorder in the system, a thing to control

-threat to rooted, moral, authentic existence of a place

-mobility is unevenly distributed

(What is the Problem?)

British 20th century:

mobilities

-commuting (middle class, have 2 or more cars)

-increase in public + private transportation

-geogr. reorientation of consumption behaviours (shopping malls out of town)

-Increase in mobile + flexible working (internet=work at home)

-increasing urbanization

-expansion in uptake of higher level of education

(What is the Problem?)

British 20th century:

urbanisation

-New Town formation

-shift 1+2 > tertiary sector employment

-increasing geographical elasticity of family ties

-increasing counterurbanisation

(What is the Problem?)

British 20th century:

counterurbanisation

-shift: city > countryside

-white ppl

-wealthies + most skilled

-all age groups except 16-24 (study, work, exciting life)

(What is the Problem?)

Traditional dialectology:

Ellis 1889

dialect + mobile ppl don't go together. you can't find any traditional dialect forms among them