Pluricentric languages

Norrby, Catrin; Lindström, Jan; Nilsson, Jenny; Wide, Camilla

doi:10.1075/hop.23.plu1

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“…The third research question deals with the micro-sociolinguistic and more universal factor of 'social distance' in order to establish how differences in this micro-level of interaction might help to explain differences in the macrolevel sociocultural context of the varieties under study (Norrby et al, 2020). For the complaint scenario, the majority of the informants have been shown to prefer the conventionally indirect request for repair strategy, particularly with strangers, which complies with the previous findings of , Barron (2005), Tatton (2008) and Ogiermann (2009).…”

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“…The findings indicated that, in general, there seemed to be interlingual differences in interactional style, i.e., concerning the level or degree of directness of the speech acts (Tatton, 2008). Few studies have shown that some typical differing pragmatic features can also be found intralingually, i.e., within pluricentric varieties (e.g., in the case of German: Clyne, 1992;Muhr, 2008, Kretzenbacher andSchüpbach, 2015;Norrby et al, 2020). However, none of these studies focused on the acts of requesting or complaining.…”

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On the Intersection between Variational and Contrastive Pragmatics: An Analysis of Requests for Repair in Complaints by German-Speaking Belgians

Lochtman

2022

Contrastive Pragmatics

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Most research on German as a pluricentric language to date has focused on differences between the standard varieties in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Moreover, the focus in these studies is mainly on linguistic-structural features, with pragmatic differences (if any) only briefly touched upon. In Belgium, German is a minority language within a region, where French is the dominant language, resulting in both individual and societal language contact. By looking at the realisation of requests for repair in complaints across varieties of the same language on the one hand and different languages on the other, the present study wants to identify whether there are variety specific pragmatic features of Belgian German as opposed to German in Germany and Belgian French. Researching both intra- and interlingual pragmatic differences, the present study can be situated at the interface between variational and contrastive pragmatics.

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On the Intersection between Variational and Contrastive Pragmatics: An Analysis of Requests for Repair in Complaints by German-Speaking Belgians

Lochtman

2022

Contrastive Pragmatics

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“…it is a national or official language in more than one country (Clyne, 1991). Swedish in Sweden is the dominant variety, since it is spoken by 85 percent of the population in Sweden, and Swedish in Finland can be seen as a non-dominant variety (Norrby, Lindström, Nilsson & Wide, 2020). Still, Finland-Swedish does not meet all the criteria in Muhr's (2012, pp.…”

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Media Language Planning During a Pandemic – the Influence of Covid-19 on Language Recommendations to Swedish Media in Finland

Stenberg-Sirén

2021

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A global crisis, like the Covid-19 pandemic, can change not only societies but also languages by a great input of new terminology. For speakers of a minority language, media is in a key position to provide them with these new words in their own language. In the case of Finland-Swedish, the Swedish media in Finland is helped by professional language advisers in this language planning task. This study analyses the media language management in Finland-Swedish media, through a content analysis of language recommendations published between February 2020 and April 2021, as well as interviews with media language advisers. The analysis shows that about a quarter of the language recommendations published during these 15 months are coronavirus-related. The topics in the recommendations follow the development of the outbreak in Finland, showing how closely the language advisers work with the news organizations. Contrary to normal situations, the Finland-Swedish media language advisers could not fully rely on the language recommendations from Sweden, due to their different Covid-19 strategies. Instead, the norm authorities were experts in ministries and official institutions, illustrating how language planning is done collectively. The Finland-Swedish journalists rely heavily on the media language recommendations, showing a certain linguistic insecurity, which according to Muhr (2012) is typical for speakers of non-dominant varieties of a pluricentric language.

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“…Изменения в языках происходят под влиянием различных обстоятельств [Schneider, Barron, 2008]. В сущности, таковым может быть любой язык, которым пользуется диаспоральное сообщество, т. е. эмигрантский язык, и встает вопрос о его преподавании (см., например: [Norrby et al, 2020;Nielsen, 2017]).…”

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