Projects per year
Abstract
Social Contact questionnaire; a research tool developed for collecting global comparative sociolinguistic data on language contact scenarios. The questionnaire is qualitative with quantitative potential, inviting language community experts to provide best assessment answers to questions about social contact in their communities of expertise. The main purpose is to compare contact scenarios, however the questionnaire can also be a broad survey of any given contact situation as it was designed to target factors associated with language contact and change phenomena at large. Two experts of small-scale multilingual communities answer an abridged version of the questionnaire to qualitatively demonstrate this proof of concept. The experts of Mawng and Kunbarlang (northern Australia), and Tundra Enets and Nganasan (northern Siberia) were chosen as these communities defy nation-based models of multilingualism. The responses are broadly successful, thus demonstrating the theoretical contribution and methodological potential of this questionnaire.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Language Dynamics and Change |
Volume | 15 |
ISSN | 2210-5824 |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2025 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
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Language diversification and spread in the North: a Samoyedic story
Khanina, O. (Principal Investigator)
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2025
Project: Research project
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Linguistic Adaptation: Typological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives to Language Variation
Sinnemäki, K. (Project manager), Ahola, N. (Participant), Di Garbo, F. (Participant), Haakana, V. (Participant), Hyvönen, A. P. (Participant), Kapellis, P. (Participant), Kashima, E. (Participant), Manninen, L. J. (Participant), Miyabe, S. E. (Participant), Napoleão de Souza, R. (Participant), Porkka, J. A. O. (Participant), Ahola, N. (Participant), Di Garbo, F. (Participant), Haakana, V. (Participant), Kashima, E. (Participant), Loisa, J. S. (Participant), Manninen, L. J. (Participant), Miyabe, S. E. (Participant), Napoleão de Souza, R. (Participant), Porkka, J. A. O. (Participant) & Raatikainen, O. A. K. (Participant)
01/01/2019 → 30/06/2024
Project: EU Horizon Europe: European Research Council: Starting Grant (H2020-ERC-STG)