Four decades of study of synchronic variation in varieties of Dutch. A sketch
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Frans Hinskens
Abstract
This contribution addresses three of the most influential general tendencies in the recent history of the linguistic study of synchronic language variation in the Dutch language area: the social turn, the re-orientation on theoretical debates in linguistics and, thirdly, the improvement and miniaturization of recording equipment along with the rapid rise of digital research techniques. A section each will be dedicated to each of these tendencies and their impact in the Low Countries. An additional section will be devoted to the incipient widening of the research object to include externally motivated variation. Unlike the preceding sections, which have the form of succinct overviews, this last one goes into some depth in that a recent research project is outlined, along with a brief discussion of some preliminary findings. In the introduction it will be pointed out that there is only a partial overlap between the studies which are (for the most part briefly and shallowly) discussed here and sociolinguistics at large. The latter is considerably wider and more varied in scope, orientation and approach, while not all of the studies which are sketched in this contribution are sociolinguistic in topic, research question and method.
Abstract
This contribution addresses three of the most influential general tendencies in the recent history of the linguistic study of synchronic language variation in the Dutch language area: the social turn, the re-orientation on theoretical debates in linguistics and, thirdly, the improvement and miniaturization of recording equipment along with the rapid rise of digital research techniques. A section each will be dedicated to each of these tendencies and their impact in the Low Countries. An additional section will be devoted to the incipient widening of the research object to include externally motivated variation. Unlike the preceding sections, which have the form of succinct overviews, this last one goes into some depth in that a recent research project is outlined, along with a brief discussion of some preliminary findings. In the introduction it will be pointed out that there is only a partial overlap between the studies which are (for the most part briefly and shallowly) discussed here and sociolinguistics at large. The latter is considerably wider and more varied in scope, orientation and approach, while not all of the studies which are sketched in this contribution are sociolinguistic in topic, research question and method.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
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Capturing superdiversity
- Using correspondence analysis to model immigrant multilingualism over time 27
- Capturing diversity 45
- Measuring language diversity in urban ecosystems 75
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Language acquisition and practice
- Foreign language acquisition in heritage speakers 99
- Heteroglossia in English complementary schools 123
- Enough is enough 143
- The primary classroom as a superdiverse hetero-normative space 161
- Assessing narrative development in bilingual first language acquisition 179
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Examples of language contact and change
- Detecting historical continuity in a linguistically diverse urban area 193
- Four decades of study of synchronic variation in varieties of Dutch. A sketch 227
- Language contact in heritage languages in the Netherlands 253
- Chinese and globalization 275
- Author index 297
- Subject index 301
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
-
Capturing superdiversity
- Using correspondence analysis to model immigrant multilingualism over time 27
- Capturing diversity 45
- Measuring language diversity in urban ecosystems 75
-
Language acquisition and practice
- Foreign language acquisition in heritage speakers 99
- Heteroglossia in English complementary schools 123
- Enough is enough 143
- The primary classroom as a superdiverse hetero-normative space 161
- Assessing narrative development in bilingual first language acquisition 179
-
Examples of language contact and change
- Detecting historical continuity in a linguistically diverse urban area 193
- Four decades of study of synchronic variation in varieties of Dutch. A sketch 227
- Language contact in heritage languages in the Netherlands 253
- Chinese and globalization 275
- Author index 297
- Subject index 301
