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Chapter 19: Supraregionalization

  • Raymond Hickey
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Volume 5 Varieties of English
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Abstract

Supraregionalization is an historical process whereby varieties of a language lose specifically local features and become less regionally bound. The upper limits of supraregionalization depend on a number of external factors, such as the boundary of the state in which the set of varieties is spoken. Furthermore, if the state historically derives from a colony of another state, then there may be an (unconscious) wish within that state to maintain some linguistic distinctiveness vis à vis the varieties of the former colonizing country. As a type of language change supraregionalization is subject to the phases of actuation, propagation and termination. Actuation is probably triggered by a consciousness of the provinciality of one’s own language and the presence of more mainstream varieties, be these extranational or not. In the case of Irish English we can see that in the course of the 19th century a number of features are filtered out so that reports on Irish English at the beginning of the 20th century make no allusion to them. This chapter is concerned with just what type of features are removed during the process of supraregionalization and by comparison with other varieties’ attempts to offer reasons for the disappearance of certain features and the retention of others.

Abstract

Supraregionalization is an historical process whereby varieties of a language lose specifically local features and become less regionally bound. The upper limits of supraregionalization depend on a number of external factors, such as the boundary of the state in which the set of varieties is spoken. Furthermore, if the state historically derives from a colony of another state, then there may be an (unconscious) wish within that state to maintain some linguistic distinctiveness vis à vis the varieties of the former colonizing country. As a type of language change supraregionalization is subject to the phases of actuation, propagation and termination. Actuation is probably triggered by a consciousness of the provinciality of one’s own language and the presence of more mainstream varieties, be these extranational or not. In the case of Irish English we can see that in the course of the 19th century a number of features are filtered out so that reports on Irish English at the beginning of the 20th century make no allusion to them. This chapter is concerned with just what type of features are removed during the process of supraregionalization and by comparison with other varieties’ attempts to offer reasons for the disappearance of certain features and the retention of others.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Standard American English 9
  6. Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English 31
  7. Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective 53
  8. Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language 80
  9. Chapter 6: Standard British English 96
  10. Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English 121
  11. Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation 151
  12. Chapter 9: Estuary English 169
  13. Chapter 10: Cockney 187
  14. Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes 210
  15. Chapter 12: Scots 231
  16. Chapter 13: English in Ireland 244
  17. Chapter 14: English in Wales 265
  18. Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English 289
  19. Chapter 16: English in India 311
  20. Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology 330
  21. Chapter 18: Diffusion 349
  22. Chapter 19: Supraregionalization 365
  23. Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles 385
  24. Index 403
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525045-019

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Standard American English 9
  6. Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English 31
  7. Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective 53
  8. Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language 80
  9. Chapter 6: Standard British English 96
  10. Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English 121
  11. Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation 151
  12. Chapter 9: Estuary English 169
  13. Chapter 10: Cockney 187
  14. Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes 210
  15. Chapter 12: Scots 231
  16. Chapter 13: English in Ireland 244
  17. Chapter 14: English in Wales 265
  18. Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English 289
  19. Chapter 16: English in India 311
  20. Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology 330
  21. Chapter 18: Diffusion 349
  22. Chapter 19: Supraregionalization 365
  23. Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles 385
  24. Index 403
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