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Abstract
This paper presents the building blocks of a comprehensive framework for the typological study of linguistic adaptation, i.e. how languages change in relation to the socio-historical and environmental contexts in which they are used. We showcase a battery of concepts and methods that are geared towards systematically comparing sociolinguistic environments and linguistic structures through the study of communities in social contact. We show that these concepts and methods can be used to investigate sociolinguistic correlates of linguistic diversity and language change in at least three ways: (1) to unravel causal factors related to language change, (2) to create datasets simultaneously addressing selection of communities, sociolinguistic features, and linguistic features, and (3) to formulate generalizations from empirically-grounded cross-cultural and cross-linguistic comparisons.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Tipologia e Sociolinguistica : Verso un approccio integrato allo studio della variazione: Atti del Workshop della Società Linguistica Italiana 20 settembre 2020 |
Editors | Silvia Ballarè, Guglielmo Inglese |
Number of pages | 34 |
Place of Publication | Milano |
Publisher | Officinaventuno |
Publication date | 2021 |
Pages | 143-176 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-88-97657-47-7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-88-97657-48-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
MoE publication type | A3 Book chapter |
Event | Societas Linguistica Europaea - Online Duration: 26 Aug 2020 → 1 Sep 2020 Conference number: 53 |
Publication series
Name | nuova serie |
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Publisher | Officinaventuno |
Volume | 5 |
Fields of Science
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Linguistic Adaptation: Typological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives to Language Variation
Ahola, N. L. H., Di Garbo, F., Haakana, V. L. J., Kashima, E., Loisa, J. S., Manninen, L. J., Miyabe, S. E., Napoleão de Souza, R., Porkka, J. A. O., Raatikainen, O. A. K., Sinnemäki, K., Ahola, N. L. H., Di Garbo, F., Haakana, V. L. J., Hyvönen, A. P., Kapellis, P., Kashima, E., Loisa, J. S., Manninen, L. J., Miyabe, S. E., Napoleão de Souza, R., Porkka, J. A. O. & Raatikainen, O. A. K.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2023
Project: EU Horizon Europe: European Research Council: Starting Grant (H2020-ERC-STG)