Variation in Language : Code switching in Czech as a challenge for sociolinguistics.

Variation in Language : Code switching in Czech as a challenge for sociolinguistics.

Czech, a clear case of a language having a Standard and a strong central vernacular with intensive shifting between them, offers many points of general interest to sociolinguists. This volume is divided in 5 chapters and opens with a general discussion of language varieties. 'The Two Central La...

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Main Author: Sgall, Petr
Other Authors: Hronek, Jirí, Stich, Alexandr, Horecký, Ján
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.
Series:Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe ; v. 39.
Subjects:
Code switching (Linguistics) > Czechoslovakia.
Sociolinguistics > Czechoslovakia.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Code switching (Linguistics)
Sociolinguistics
Czechoslovakia
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Summary:Czech, a clear case of a language having a Standard and a strong central vernacular with intensive shifting between them, offers many points of general interest to sociolinguists. This volume is divided in 5 chapters and opens with a general discussion of language varieties. 'The Two Central Language Formations in Czech' gives a summary description of the Czech central vernacular. This is followed by a chapter on 'The Origin and Opposition of Standard and Common Czech' and in the next chapter code switching between Standard and Common Czech is discussed. The concluding chapter presents startin.
Physical Description:1 online resource (381 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-358) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027277350
9027277354
1283328127
9781283328128
661332812X
9786613328120
ISSN:0165-7712 ;
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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