Pluricentricity : language variation and sociocognitive dimensions

Pluricentricity : language variation and sociocognitive dimensions / edited by Augusto Soares da Silva.

The studies collected in this volume explore the sociocultural, conceptual and structural dimensions of variation and change within pluricentric languages, with specific emphasis on the relationship between national varieties. The volume describes patterns of phonetic, lexical and morphosyntactic va...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2014.
©2014
Series:Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 24.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Variation.
Standard language.
Sociolinguistics.
sociolinguistics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Language and languages > Variation
Sociolinguistics
Standard language
Cognitieve linguïstiek.
Taalvariatie.
Sociolinguïstiek.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Pluricentricity, language-internal variation and cognitive linguistics / Gitte Kristiansen
  • Enregistering pluricentric German / Peter Auer
  • Communicative and cognitive dimensions of pluricentric practices in French / Georges Lüdi
  • Linguistic pluricentrism as a neurological problem / Ángel López-García
  • Lexical variation in aggregate perspective / Tom Ruette, Dirk Speelman, and Dirk Geeraerts
  • Stable lexical marker analysis : a corpus-based identification of lexical variation / Dirk De Hertog, Kris Heylen, and Dirk Speelman
  • The pluricentricity of Portuguese : a sociolectometrical approach to divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese / Augusto Soares da Silva
  • Global diffusion, regional attraction, local roots : sociocognitive perspectives on the pluricentricity of English / Edgar W. Schneider
  • Phonetic distance and intelligibility in Dutch / Dirk Speelman, Leen Impe, and Dirk Geeraerts
  • National variation of address in pluricentric languages : the examples of Swedish and German / Catrin Norrby and Heinz L. Kretzenbacher.

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