Chapter 11. Place-making and dialect
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Malene Monka
Abstract
In the chapter I argue that focus on place and place-making is crucial when trying to explain differences in language change in two municipalities situated in distinct Danish dialect areas, Vinderup in Western Jutland and Tinglev in Southern Jutland. Quantitative analyses of data from a real time panel study show different patterns of language change among the informants. In the early recordings, the language use in both municipalities contained substantial amounts of dialect features. The new recordings show that there has been a decrease in the use of dialect in Vinderup, whereas there has been a minor increase in Tinglev. Qualitative analyses point to how differences related to place-making processes affect the informants’ conceptualization of the perceived relations between language and place in the two municipalities. This affects the informants’ metalinguistic awareness and attitudes towards the local dialect which again may explain the different patterns of language change and dialect leveling.
Abstract
In the chapter I argue that focus on place and place-making is crucial when trying to explain differences in language change in two municipalities situated in distinct Danish dialect areas, Vinderup in Western Jutland and Tinglev in Southern Jutland. Quantitative analyses of data from a real time panel study show different patterns of language change among the informants. In the early recordings, the language use in both municipalities contained substantial amounts of dialect features. The new recordings show that there has been a decrease in the use of dialect in Vinderup, whereas there has been a minor increase in Tinglev. Qualitative analyses point to how differences related to place-making processes affect the informants’ conceptualization of the perceived relations between language and place in the two municipalities. This affects the informants’ metalinguistic awareness and attitudes towards the local dialect which again may explain the different patterns of language change and dialect leveling.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
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Part I. Interpersonal relations, place, and belonging
- Chapter 2. The boundaries of belonging 17
- Chapter 3. Language socialization and making sense of place 27
- Chapter 4. Cité Duits 55
- Chapter 5. Us, them and all the others 89
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Part II. Parodic performances from the margins
- Chapter 6. Playing against peripheralization 115
- Chapter 7. The politics of place-making and belonging through language choice within center-periphery dynamics in Limburg, The Netherlands 125
- Chapter 8. Peripheral performances 149
- Chapter 9. What’s up in town 177
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Part III. Agency in linguistic place-making
- Chapter 10. Language, place, agency 207
- Chapter 11. Place-making and dialect 213
- Chapter 12. Alternative place naming in the diverse margins of an ideologically mono-lingual society 239
- Chapter 13. Yooperisms in tourism 261
- Subject index 287
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
-
Part I. Interpersonal relations, place, and belonging
- Chapter 2. The boundaries of belonging 17
- Chapter 3. Language socialization and making sense of place 27
- Chapter 4. Cité Duits 55
- Chapter 5. Us, them and all the others 89
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Part II. Parodic performances from the margins
- Chapter 6. Playing against peripheralization 115
- Chapter 7. The politics of place-making and belonging through language choice within center-periphery dynamics in Limburg, The Netherlands 125
- Chapter 8. Peripheral performances 149
- Chapter 9. What’s up in town 177
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Part III. Agency in linguistic place-making
- Chapter 10. Language, place, agency 207
- Chapter 11. Place-making and dialect 213
- Chapter 12. Alternative place naming in the diverse margins of an ideologically mono-lingual society 239
- Chapter 13. Yooperisms in tourism 261
- Subject index 287
