Entlehnung in der Kommunikation und im Sprachwandel

Winter-Froemel, Esme

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“…Haugen's [1950] loanword, loanblend and loanshift). Second, many studies devote attention to the different degrees of nativization a loanword may be subject to on the morphological, phonological, orthographic or (more rarely) semantic level (Filipovic 1977;Carstensen 1965;Rodriguez Gonzalez 1999;Winter-Froemel 2011). Third, this information on nativization and adaptation is often also included in lexicographical approaches (Carstensen and Busse 1994;Van der Sijs 1996;Görlach 2001).…”

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Cognitive Sociolinguistics meets loanword research: Measuring variation in the success of anglicisms in Dutch

Zenner¹,

Speelman²,

Geeraerts³

2012

Cognitive Linguistics

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This paper introduces a new, concept-based method for measuring variation in the use and success of loanwords by presenting the results of a case-study on 149 English person reference nouns (i.e. common nouns used to designate people, such as manager) in Dutch. With this paper, we introduce four methodological improvements to current quantitative corpus-based anglicism research, based on the general tenets of Cognitive Sociolinguistics (Geeraerts 2005; Kristiansen and Geeraerts 2007; Geeraerts 2010; Geeraerts et al. 2010): (1) replacing raw frequency as a success measure by a concept-based onomasiological approach; (2) relying on larger datasets and semi-automatic extraction techniques; (3) adding a multivariate perspective to the predominantly structuralist orientation of current accounts; (4) using inferential statistical techniques to help explain variation. We illustrate our method by presenting a case-study on variation in the success of English person reference nouns in Dutch. Generally, this article aims to show how a Cognitive Sociolinguistic perspective on loanword research is beneficial for both paradigms. On the one hand, the concept-based approach provides new insights in the spread of loanwords. On the other hand, attention to contact linguistic phenomena offers a new expansion to the domain of cognitive linguistic studies taking a variationist approach.

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Cognitive Sociolinguistics meets loanword research: Measuring variation in the success of anglicisms in Dutch

Zenner¹,

Speelman²,

Geeraerts³

2012

Cognitive Linguistics

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“…Moreover, analyses of language change normally adopt an ex post perspective, as the changes studied have already occurred, and in this sense it seems trivial to state that the language has changed in a certain respect because the majority of the speakers have decided to use a new item. In a certain respect, this observation is certainly correct, but Froemel 2011;Winter-Froemel 2011: 309-315), opens up the possibility to make further refinements to Keller's approach.…”

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What does it mean to explain language change? Usage-based perspectives on causal and intentional approaches to linguistic diachrony, or: On S- curves, invisible hands, and speaker creativity

Winter-Froemel¹

2014

Energeia

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The question how language change should be explained has been intensely debated in linguistic research, and causal and intentional – or in Coseriu’s terms, final – approaches have been proposed as the two basic options that are possible here (cf. Coseriu 1958). I will therefore start by critically reviewing the legitimacy and potential of conceiving language change in causal terms. In a next step I will turn to intentional explanations, which have been proposed as the second fundamental type of approach, and then investigate whether the controversy about causal vs. intentional explanations of language change can be resolved by assuming different mechanisms and types of explanation for the stages of innovation and propagation respectively, as proposed by Keller and Croft. In these reflections key assumptions of Cognitive Linguistics, more specifically of usage-based approaches to language and language change (Barlow/Kemmer 2000), will serve as a constant guideline, as they provide helpful criteria to judge the adequacy of explanations that have been previously proposed. Finally I will discuss the perspectives offered by usage-based approaches for explaining language change by outlining fundamental motors of change as well as their interplay in cognition and communication.

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“…Backus 1996;Dogruozand Backus 2009;and Winter-Froemel 2011). As such, the overall contribution of our approachitistoprovide anew and theoreticallypromisingexpansion of the current scope of cognitive (socio-)linguistics to the studyo fc ontact linguistic phenomena.…”

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Cognitive Sociolinguistics meets loanword research: Measuring variation in the success of anglicisms in Dutch

Zenner¹,

Speelman²,

Geeraerts³

Cognitive Linguistics: The Quantitative Turn

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This paper introduces anew,concept-based method for measuringvariation in the use and success of loanwordsb yp resentingt he results of ac asestudyon149 English person referencenouns (i.e. common nouns used to designatep eople, sucha smanager)i nD utch.W ith this paper,w ei ntroducef our methodological improvements to current quantitative corpus-based anglicism research,based on the general tenets of Cognitive Sociolinguistics (Geeraerts 2005;Kristiansen and Geeraerts 2007;Geeraerts 2010;Geeraerts et al. 2010): (1) replacingraw frequencyasasuccess measurebyaconcept-based onomasiological approach; (2)relyingonlargerdatasets and semi-automatic extraction techniques;(3) addingamultivariateperspective to the predominantlystructuralist orientation of current accounts;( 4) usingi nferential statistical techniques to help explain variation. We illustrateour method by presentingacase-studyonvariation in the success of English person referencenouns in Dutch.Generally, this article aims to show how aCognitive Sociolinguistic perspective on loanword research is beneficial for both paradigms.Onthe one hand, the concept-based approachprovides new insights in the spread of loanwords. On the other hand, attention to contact linguistic phenomena offersanew expansion to the domain of cognitive linguistic studies takingavariationist approach.In this paper,an ew concept-based method for measuringv ariation in the use and success of loanwordsi si ntroduced. We present the results of ac ase-study on 149E nglish person referencen ouns (i.e. common nouns used to designate people, suchasmanager)inDutch,arguingthat the success of the loanwordsis amultifactorial phenomenon, with success beingdetermined simultaneouslyby Unauthenticated Download Date | 6/24/16 11:12 PM 252 E. Zenner,D.Speelman and D. Geeraerts processingf actors, usage factors, structural factors, and cultural factors. In the present section, we position our studyagainst the background of contact linguistics.Section 2situates it in the context of Cognitive Sociolinguistics,with aspecial focus on the methodological requirements.Section 3introduces the data and Section 4presents the multivariateanalyses to whichwesubjected the data. Section 5formulates our conclusions.Likethe studyoflexical borrowinging eneral (Whitney 1881;Haugen1950; vanC oetsem 1988;F ield 2002;H aspelmath and Tadmor 2009), anglicism research has al ongstandingt radition in (historical) linguistics,w ith an otable rise in attention for the topic in the laten ineteenth and earlyt wentieth century (e.g. Dunger1 899;D eV ooys1 925). Today, anglicism research is still very muchinfashion. Especiallyinweak contact settings likeW estern Europe, where contact with English is typicallyr emotea nd primarilym ediated through the media (Onysko2009:58), English loanwordsare often subject to much(heated) debate.Most studies on anglicisms (in weak contact situations) center around one of four issues.Afi rstg oal is to provide ap recise definition of what an anglicism is (Nettmann-Multanowska2003;Onysko2007; Fischer 2008)...

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Entlehnung in der Kommunikation und im Sprachwandel

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Cognitive Sociolinguistics meets loanword research: Measuring variation in the success of anglicisms in Dutch

Cognitive Sociolinguistics meets loanword research: Measuring variation in the success of anglicisms in Dutch

What does it mean to explain language change? Usage-based perspectives on causal and intentional approaches to linguistic diachrony, or: On S- curves, invisible hands, and speaker creativity

Cognitive Sociolinguistics meets loanword research: Measuring variation in the success of anglicisms in Dutch

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