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Chapter 3. The alternation between standard and vernacular pronouns by Belgian Dutch parents in child-oriented control acts

  • Eline Zenner und Dorien Van De Mieroop
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Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Acquisition across the Lifespan
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Abstract

This paper studies the social meaning of standard and vernacular pronouns of address in Dutch by zooming in on the position they hold in parents’ control acts to their children. Linking the hyperstandardized linguistic situation in Flanders with the Western-European ideal of democratic parenting, we expect to find that the standard forms are more typically connected to more indirect, softer control acts. This hypothesis is tested through a mixed method approach, where quantitative and qualitative analyses are used to chart the choices of ten Belgian Dutch parents when issuing directives to their children. Studying 452 pronouns we identify a clear link between the choice of variety and parameters such as type of control act, repetition, mitigation and boosting and type of pronoun, with ‘irritation’ as mediating factor.

Abstract

This paper studies the social meaning of standard and vernacular pronouns of address in Dutch by zooming in on the position they hold in parents’ control acts to their children. Linking the hyperstandardized linguistic situation in Flanders with the Western-European ideal of democratic parenting, we expect to find that the standard forms are more typically connected to more indirect, softer control acts. This hypothesis is tested through a mixed method approach, where quantitative and qualitative analyses are used to chart the choices of ten Belgian Dutch parents when issuing directives to their children. Studying 452 pronouns we identify a clear link between the choice of variety and parameters such as type of control act, repetition, mitigation and boosting and type of pronoun, with ‘irritation’ as mediating factor.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Section 1. Child language acquisition and sociolinguistic variation
  5. Chapter 1. Child language acquisition and sociolinguistic variation 11
  6. Chapter 2. Input effects on the acquisition of variation 21
  7. Chapter 3. The alternation between standard and vernacular pronouns by Belgian Dutch parents in child-oriented control acts 51
  8. Chapter 4. Testing interface and frequency hypotheses 81
  9. Chapter 5. Acquiring social and linguistic competence 103
  10. Chapter 6. Children’s sociolinguistic preferences 129
  11. Chapter 7. Variation in stress in the Jamaican classroom 161
  12. Section 2. Second language acquisition and dialectal variation in adults
  13. Chapter 8. Second language acquisition and dialectal variation in adults 185
  14. Chapter 9. Navigating variation amid contested norms and societal shifts 199
  15. Chapter 10. Usage, evaluation and awareness of French sociolinguistic variables by second-language learners during a stay abroad 227
  16. Chapter 11. The standard-dialect repertoire of second language users in German-speaking Switzerland 251
  17. Chapter 12. Identity, authenticity and dialect acquisition 277
  18. Chapter 13. Adult learners’ (non-) acquisition of speaker-specific variation 295
  19. Index 317
https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.26.03zen

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Section 1. Child language acquisition and sociolinguistic variation
  5. Chapter 1. Child language acquisition and sociolinguistic variation 11
  6. Chapter 2. Input effects on the acquisition of variation 21
  7. Chapter 3. The alternation between standard and vernacular pronouns by Belgian Dutch parents in child-oriented control acts 51
  8. Chapter 4. Testing interface and frequency hypotheses 81
  9. Chapter 5. Acquiring social and linguistic competence 103
  10. Chapter 6. Children’s sociolinguistic preferences 129
  11. Chapter 7. Variation in stress in the Jamaican classroom 161
  12. Section 2. Second language acquisition and dialectal variation in adults
  13. Chapter 8. Second language acquisition and dialectal variation in adults 185
  14. Chapter 9. Navigating variation amid contested norms and societal shifts 199
  15. Chapter 10. Usage, evaluation and awareness of French sociolinguistic variables by second-language learners during a stay abroad 227
  16. Chapter 11. The standard-dialect repertoire of second language users in German-speaking Switzerland 251
  17. Chapter 12. Identity, authenticity and dialect acquisition 277
  18. Chapter 13. Adult learners’ (non-) acquisition of speaker-specific variation 295
  19. Index 317
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