Chapter 2. The apparent-time construct as a proxy to spoken conversational data in the 20th century
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Renata Enghels
Abstract
The 20th century is characterized by important changes in the sociohistorical context of Spain, which have led to the steady process of colloquialization of Spanish, in both spoken and written language. Still, these major developments contrast sharply with the scarcity of oral conversational data. This paper investigates whether the apparent-time construct offers a solution for the data problem. According to this method, a linguistic phenomenon is analyzed across the speech of different generations during one time period. The basic assumption is that differences between generations mirror historical developments in language. This study investigates whether generational differences in the use of the Spanish pragmatic marker sabes ‘you know’ correspond to the grammaticalization cline previously observed in real-time data.
Abstract
The 20th century is characterized by important changes in the sociohistorical context of Spain, which have led to the steady process of colloquialization of Spanish, in both spoken and written language. Still, these major developments contrast sharply with the scarcity of oral conversational data. This paper investigates whether the apparent-time construct offers a solution for the data problem. According to this method, a linguistic phenomenon is analyzed across the speech of different generations during one time period. The basic assumption is that differences between generations mirror historical developments in language. This study investigates whether generational differences in the use of the Spanish pragmatic marker sabes ‘you know’ correspond to the grammaticalization cline previously observed in real-time data.
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- From synchrony to diachrony 1
- Chapter 1. Linguistic change in the 20th century 17
- Chapter 2. The apparent-time construct as a proxy to spoken conversational data in the 20th century 63
- Chapter 3. Cultural products, passing fashions, and linguistic changes 95
- Chapter 4. Diatopic variation as evidence for diachronic changes in the 20th and 21st centuries 120
- Chapter 5. Social indexicality and pragmatic change in the late 20th century 158
- Chapter 6. How are linguistic changes in the 20th century to be studied? 188
- Chapter 7. Bestial and warm addressing forms in Mexican Spanish 218
- Chapter 8. French j’imagine , Spanish me imagino 240
- Chapter 9. Constructional changes in Brazilian Portuguese in the 20th century 261
- Index 291
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- From synchrony to diachrony 1
- Chapter 1. Linguistic change in the 20th century 17
- Chapter 2. The apparent-time construct as a proxy to spoken conversational data in the 20th century 63
- Chapter 3. Cultural products, passing fashions, and linguistic changes 95
- Chapter 4. Diatopic variation as evidence for diachronic changes in the 20th and 21st centuries 120
- Chapter 5. Social indexicality and pragmatic change in the late 20th century 158
- Chapter 6. How are linguistic changes in the 20th century to be studied? 188
- Chapter 7. Bestial and warm addressing forms in Mexican Spanish 218
- Chapter 8. French j’imagine , Spanish me imagino 240
- Chapter 9. Constructional changes in Brazilian Portuguese in the 20th century 261
- Index 291
