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Intra-individual Variation in Nineteenth-century Private Letters

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Intra-individual Variation in Language
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Abstract

This chapter explores intra-individual variation (IAV) in three nineteenthcentury private letters. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of these letters, written in 1845 by a maid working in Graz (Austria) to her sister in Straden (Austria), illustrate to what extent the language use of the same person can vary in writing. In these letters, variation can be found on all core linguistic levels (on the orthographic-phonetic level as well as on the level of morphology and syntax), with the use of punctuation and lexis also varying. Differences between the three letters as well as variation within them are discussed in detail, showing that they are generally not random. Both language-internal and language- external factors are considered to explain instances of IAV in these letters and to widen our understanding of linguistic variation in nineteenth-century Austria.

Abstract

This chapter explores intra-individual variation (IAV) in three nineteenthcentury private letters. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of these letters, written in 1845 by a maid working in Graz (Austria) to her sister in Straden (Austria), illustrate to what extent the language use of the same person can vary in writing. In these letters, variation can be found on all core linguistic levels (on the orthographic-phonetic level as well as on the level of morphology and syntax), with the use of punctuation and lexis also varying. Differences between the three letters as well as variation within them are discussed in detail, showing that they are generally not random. Both language-internal and language- external factors are considered to explain instances of IAV in these letters and to widen our understanding of linguistic variation in nineteenth-century Austria.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. What Is Intra-individual Variation in Language? 9
  5. Part I: Phonetic-phonological dimension
  6. Everyone Is Different, So Everyone Is the Same – Intra-individual Variation in Second Language Acquisition 47
  7. Situational Effects on Intra-individual Variation in German – Reflexes of Middle High German ei in Austrian Speech Repertoires 87
  8. Linguistic, Social, and Individual Factors Constraining Variation in Spoken Swiss Standard German 127
  9. Part II: Syntactic-morphological dimension
  10. Intra-individual Variation in Nominal Inflection: Analyses of Directly Elicited Data of the Bavarian Linguistic Atlas 177
  11. Intra-individual Variation in Morphosyntax: A Constraint-based Perspective 207
  12. Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Luxembourgish. A Quantitative Analysis of Crowd-sourced Speech Data 243
  13. Part III: Historical dimension
  14. Of Zibele and Bölle: Patterns of Language Variation in the Swiss Language Island New Glarus (North America) 283
  15. Intra-individual Variation in Nineteenth-century Private Letters 315
  16. Intra-individual Variation from a Historical Perspective: Towards a Usage-based Model of Constructional Change and Variation 347
  17. How many Natives with how many Systems? Intra-individual Variation and the Threshold of Multilingualism in Standard German Speakers 379
  18. Index 407
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110743036-010

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. What Is Intra-individual Variation in Language? 9
  5. Part I: Phonetic-phonological dimension
  6. Everyone Is Different, So Everyone Is the Same – Intra-individual Variation in Second Language Acquisition 47
  7. Situational Effects on Intra-individual Variation in German – Reflexes of Middle High German ei in Austrian Speech Repertoires 87
  8. Linguistic, Social, and Individual Factors Constraining Variation in Spoken Swiss Standard German 127
  9. Part II: Syntactic-morphological dimension
  10. Intra-individual Variation in Nominal Inflection: Analyses of Directly Elicited Data of the Bavarian Linguistic Atlas 177
  11. Intra-individual Variation in Morphosyntax: A Constraint-based Perspective 207
  12. Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Luxembourgish. A Quantitative Analysis of Crowd-sourced Speech Data 243
  13. Part III: Historical dimension
  14. Of Zibele and Bölle: Patterns of Language Variation in the Swiss Language Island New Glarus (North America) 283
  15. Intra-individual Variation in Nineteenth-century Private Letters 315
  16. Intra-individual Variation from a Historical Perspective: Towards a Usage-based Model of Constructional Change and Variation 347
  17. How many Natives with how many Systems? Intra-individual Variation and the Threshold of Multilingualism in Standard German Speakers 379
  18. Index 407
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