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Diversidad denominativa del Pisum sativum en español: una historia de variedad y confusión Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Gonzalo Águila Escobar
Spanish speakers use a great diversity of terms to refer to Pisum sativum, from the better known guisante and arveja, to other less common forms such as chícharo, bisalto, pésol, présules, pitos, titos, pedrolos, mánganos, garavanzos, fréjoles, etc. This work analyzes the great diversity of names that the species Pisum sativum receives in Spanish and it does it through the Spanish geolinguistic atlases
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Quantitative Perspectives on the Geolinguistic Structures of Dialect Morphology in Austria Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Philip C. Vergeiner
The traditional focus of (German) dialectology has been on spatial patterns observed in phonology. However, dialectometric approaches have generated interest in exploring geographical structures in other linguistic subsystems, including morphology. Building on this research, this study investigates geolinguistic patterns of dialect morphology in contemporary Austrian dialects using aggregative and
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The North Ukrainian Dialect of Vyšneve in the East Slavic Context: Towards a Final Description (part 2) Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Salvatore Del Gaudio
This paper continues an article devoted to the linguistic description of the local dialect of Vyšneve, cf. DiG 30 (2022), 23–49. The present study, as previously mentioned, completes a piece of a more comprehensive dialectal and sociolinguistic research on the dialects spoken along the Ukrainian-Belarusian and, to a minor extent, Russian borders. This is a territorial segment located in the eastern
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A synchronic and diachronic reappraisal of Indo-European *dʱug̑ʱh2ter- ‘daughter’ and *suhxnú- ‘son’ in Celtic dialects, Insular and Continental Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Art J. Hughes
This paper has two chief goals: (i) to collate the disparate synchronic evidence for the distribution of ‘daughter’ and ‘son’ from the dialect maps available for the modern Celtic languages, namely: the Gaelic languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx) and Brittonic (Welsh, Cornish and Breton), (ii) to revisit and analyse the distribution of the terms ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ at an early stage of Continental
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Prepositional Usage in Modern Irish: Range and Variation Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Seosamh Watson
Prepositional form and function in Irish, as in other Modern Celtic languages, are topics of much significance. In Modern Irish numerous simple prepositions not only form compounds with possessive forms of personal pronouns but additionally marshal an impressive array of ‘conjugated’ forms corresponding to the various grammatical persons. Prepositions also play a crucial role in indicating aspect and
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Juegos con propósito para la anotación del Corpus Oral Sonoro del Español rural Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Rosa Lilia Segundo Díaz, Johnatan E. Bonilla, Miriam Bouzouita, Gustavo Rovelo Ruiz
The study of dialectal microvariation in spoken Spanish faces challenges due to the absence of an adequate morpho-syntactically annotated and parsed corpus. Therefore, this article introduces a novel technique, a game-based approach, for creating resources for non-standard Spanish language varieties. The article provides an overview of the progress in designing three Games With A Purpose (GWAPs) prototypes
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Geographical Variation of Systems of Sibling Terms in Asia and Africa Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Chitsuko Fukushima
This paper provides an overview of geographical variation of sibling term systems used in Asia and Africa, which are categorized based on distinctions of (1) relative age, (2) sex, and (3) relative sex. Experts in languages/language groups of Asia and Africa have analyzed and mapped these systems; using their findings, I created summative maps showing the geographical distributions of the system types
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Luxemburger Wirtshausnamen Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Fernande Krier
This study deals with a rarely discussed lexicological and semantic issue, Luxemburgish names of inns. I was astonished by their large number and their diversification. In the Middle Ages, many people could not read, therefore an inn was indicated by a sign, for instance that of a raven that gave it its name. The name of the inn could give its situation in the village in order to help foreigners to
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Postposed topic specification across the Sahara. An areal phenomenon Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Mena B. Lafkioui
In the present study, I argue that post-posed topic specification (PTS) across the Sahara is an areal phenomenon and that in the case of Southern Tamazight (i.e., Tuareg & Zenaga) it is an innovation generated by pattern replication. On the other hand, the required matter for PTS formation in Southern Tamazight is generally provided by Tamazight itself by means of system-internal developments involving
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Hispanic-American dialectology in the 16th century. Penetration of Americanisms in Nicolas Monardes’ Historia Medicinal Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 María-Teresa Cáceres-Lorenzo
Historia medicinal (1565–1574) is an educational work that sought to promote knowledge of American phytotherapy for academic and economic purposes. This educational aim was accomplished after its publishing success in Spain and other European countries. Our objective is to examine the American words Nicolas Monardes chose and assess the degree of penetration of Native American loanwords and Americanised
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Deutschsprachige Regionalpresse im Ausland. Fallstudie am Beispiel der „Batschkaer Spuren“ Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Csaba Földes
This paper analyzes the specific linguistic situation of print media in German language abroad based on the example of the “Batschkaer Spuren”, a regional newspaper of the German minority in Hungary. The goal is a linguistic assessment of the current manifestations of the used media language regarding its typological structures and fundamental characteristics. Additionally, journalistic possibilities
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Cockney moved East: the dialect of the first generation of East Londoners raised in Essex Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Amanda Cole
This paper provides a dialectological account of the variety spoken by the first generation to grow up in a community in Essex populated by East Londoners after World War II. The dialect spoken by 15 speakers (female = 9; male =6) born between 1944 and 1969 is detailed in terms of vowels, consonants, morpho-syntactic features, and a brief discussion of Cockney Rhyming Slang. Comparisons are made with
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The North Ukrainian dialect of Vyšneve in the East Slavic context: towards a final description Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Salvatore Del Gaudio
The linguistic description of the dialect of Vyšneve (Černihiv, Ukraine) can be considered a milestone of a more comprehensive dialectal and sociolinguistic study on the dialects spoken along the Ukrainian-Belarusian and, to a lesser extent, Russian border areas of eastern Polissia. Some of the most representative features of the Vyšneve dialect and its relation to Belarusian have already been the
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Real time and memory time of “father”. Social and linguistic motivation observed in Glottograms Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Fumio Inoue, Yasushi Hanzawa, Kazuko Tanabe, Akemi Yamashita
This paper introduces the concept of “memory time” and gives an overview of its application to dialect forms that refer to “father”. Changes in many regions are shown by glottograms that simultaneously show regional and generational differences. The usage of kinship terms in Japanese shows interesting sociolinguistic features. It is linked to the consciousness of attribution to a specific social class
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Strategies for establishing discourse coherence. The case of Slovene dialectal discourse Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Danila Zuljan Kumar
A discourse is considered coherent only if all its parts are semantically related to each other and if it makes sense. However, coherence cannot be attributed to a discourse in advance because it depends on how the participants understand what they hear/ read. So we can say that it is not the discourse that establishes coherence, but the participants according to their understanding of a discourse
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Romanian words of German Origin (based on ALRR. Sinteză, vol. 1–3) Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Manuela Nevaci
Abstract The following presentation is based on the lexical material from vols 1–3 published so far in Atlasului lingvistic român pe regiuni. Sinteză – ALRR. Sinteză [ALRR. Synthesis] [The Romanian linguistic atlas by regions. Synthesis - ALRR. Synthesis]. I, 2007, II, 2012, III, 2018, which includes the answers to the first two chapters of the NALR Questionnaire: 1. Human body (body parts, diseases
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First approaches to an underexplored dialect region: Trudgill’s Upper Southwest Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Esther Asprey,Ella Jeffries,Eleftherios Kailoglou
Abstract Although dialectology in England received two major boosts at the end of the 19th century and the middle of the 20th century (Ellis 1889 and Orton & Barry 1956-8), discussion of dialect change since that time has avoided discussion of many areas, concentrated as it was in those Universities with a tradition of dialectology (Essex, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle). Though many areas have since
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Les expression météorologiques. Une approche contrastive allemand / luxembourgeois / français Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Fernande Krier
Abstract Every day, we are confronted with meteorology, the scientific study of the atmospheric phenomena and their variations. The purpose of this article is to analyze the meteorological events in three languages, Luxemburgish and two other official languages of Luxembourg, French and German. First, we make a detailed inventory of verbs and verbal phrases which we found. Next, they are explained
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Désignation et représentation des éléments topographiques dans les dialectes de France : synthèse générale (relief, cours d’eau, cavernes) Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Philippe Del Giudice
Abstract As the second part of a general study about semantic determinism, this article continues to analyze the topographic lexicon of Gallo-Romance dialects. The new concepts (‘river’, ‘brook’, ‘valley’, ‘cave’) that I examine in this paper complete my previous survey about the designations of hills and mountains. Most of all, the new set of data allows me to go beyond isolated concepts and to present
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Language variation and change in the formation of Greek superlative constructions Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Dimitra Melissaropoulou,Christos Papanagiotou
Abstract This paper addresses variation and change in the realization of superlative constructions in the light of the evidence provided by Modern Greek dialectal variation as a window into the study of the organization of grammar. Dialectal data show that analyticity prevails in the realization of relative comparative constructions, while absolute ones seem to resist more persistently due to their
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On continental Basque dialects and some aspects of their chronology Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Iñaki Camino
Abstract The aim of this study was to analyze the innovations of the Basque in the Salazar Valley, which is located in northeastern Navarre, and compare them with those of the Continental Basque Country in order to try to obtain chronological and geolinguistic information on the innovations of the wide eastern Basque Country. To achieve my purpose, I drew upon descriptions of the Basque dialect spoken
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Besprechungen – Comptes rendus – Reseñas – Reviews Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Wenfeng Wang,Hans Goebl
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Joseph Wright’s sources in the English Dialect Dictionary: evidence of spoken English from EDD Online Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Manfred Markus
Abstract Linguists of historical English, of traditional dialects and present-day varieties of English, generally rely on written texts, now often available in the form of corpora. However, the historical development of English, including its regional dialects, was naturally rooted in the spoken vernacular, rather than the literary standard. This paper, based on EDD Online (3.0), therefore, argues
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Besprechungen – Comptes rendus – Reseñas – Reviews Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Michael Schulte,Carolina Julià Luna
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Elements of a sociolinguistic theory: The case of Breton Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Gary Manchec-German
Abstract This article is a synthesis of the major elements of a sociolinguistic theory presented by Jean Le Dû and Yves Le Berre in their recent book, Métamorphoses, Trente ans de sociolinguistique à Brest (1984–2014). Given that both authors come from native Breton-speaking families in Western Brittany and have experienced the language shift to French first-hand, they provide a unique, inside view
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Rif Berber: From Senhaja to Iznasen. A qualitative and quantitative approach to classification Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Mena B. Lafkioui
Abstract By combining qualitative (synchronic and diachronic) and quantitative (algorithmic) approaches, this study examines the nature, structure, and dynamics of the linguistic variation attested in Berber of the Rif area (North, Northwest, and Northeast Morocco). Based on a cross-level corpus of data obtained from the Atlas linguistique des varieties berbères du Rif (Lafkioui 2007) and from numerous
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Dialect vocabulary changes over 100 years. Standardization and new dialect forms in Hamaogi glossary Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Fumio Inoue,Yasushi Hanzawa
Abstract This paper treats linguistic changes over a long time span, covering 100 years in terms of the birth years of the informants and over 250 years since the compilation of a dialect glossary. Data from seven generations about 20 years apart were acquired. We compare the absolute time of linguistic change in lexical items recorded in Hamaogi, a dialect glossary, with the results of a large-scale
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Désignation et représentation des éléments topographiques dans les dialectes de France: l’élévation de terrain Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2020-11-01 Philippe Del Giudice
Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyze the semantic patterns according to which rises of land are referred to in the Romance dialects of France. Using the motivational method, I examine the etymology and the semantic field of more than 80 lexical types (found in dialect atlases) and their corresponding word families, going from pre-Latin to current language. If we look at their original
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The geolinguistics of the Ibero-Romance comitative Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Victor Lara
Abstract The comitative represents a particular case in the Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula. Except for Catalan, the rest of varieties possess a redundant form inherited from the evolution of the Latin postposition plus the preposition con (‘with’). However, some authors point out a tendency that favours subject forms or even stressed object forms in persons in which the norm prohibits them
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EDD Online: What is new in its latest version 3.0 Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Manfred Markus
Abstract The recent publication of EDD Online version 3.0 (March 2019), based on Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905), raises the question of what this last version, again provided by an Innsbruck project team, has added or changed in comparison to the previous ones. This paper describes the main improvements, focusing on five points: (1) the integration of the Supplement, (2) the
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Pragmatic functions of repetitions in spontaneous spoken dialect discourse Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Danila Zuljan Kumar
Abstract Repetition is a natural phenomenon employed to perform a variety of cognitive, psychological, interactional, stylistic, didactic and pragmatic functions in spoken and written discourse. Adopting the method of discourse analysis, the study attempts to explore the pragmatic functions of repetitions as used in spoken dialect narrative discourse. On a propositional level, only those repetitions
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Latgalian surnames as a source of research in dialectology and language contact studies Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Anna Stafecka
Abstract This article is focused on the analysis of surnames used in the eastern part of Latvia, i.e., Latgale, the history of which to a certain extent differs from other regions of Latvia. This is due to almost 300 years (1629–1917) of isolation from the territory inhabited by other ethnic Latvians, during which this region was under Polish and later Russian rule. During this 300-year-long separation
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Ther varom mid j hia: Tracing linguistic diffusion in the history of Norwegian using kernel density estimation Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Tam Blaxter
Abstract Tracing the diffusion of linguistic innovations in space from historical sources is challenging. The complexity of the datasets needed in combination with the noisy reality of historical language data mean that it has not been practical until recently. However, bigger historical corpora with richer spatial and temporal information allow us to attempt it. This paper presents an investigation
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Competing norms of standard pronunciation. Phonetic analyses on the ‹-ig›-variation in Austria Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Manuela Lanwermeyer, Johanna Fanta-Jende, Alexandra N. Lenz, Katharina Korecky-Kröll
Abstract This paper focuses on phonetic variation within the standard German language register of Austria. While the norm status and a high socio-symbolic value are attributed to certain lexical variants of standard language in Austria, the norm and usage status of characteristic phonetic properties remain unclear, due to lack of empirical analyses. By investigating the relation between standard language
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The sub-dialects of South-Western Kurzeme from a historical perspective Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-26 Liene Markus-Narvila
Abstract This article analyses sub-dialects of the South-Western Kurzeme region in Latvia. The focus is on the most prominent phonetic, morphological and lexical features of these sub-dialects, and their usage in the 21st century. The sub-dialects of South-Western Kurzeme have many characteristic features found in their phonetics and morphology. In the South-Western Kurzeme sub-dialects, there are
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In memoriam Mario Alinei (1926–2018) Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Francesco Benozzo
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Sammarinese, the Endangered Language of the Republic of San Marino: A Preliminary Study of Documentation and Description Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Simona Montanari
AbstractThis paper presents the results of a preliminary study of documentation and description of Sammarinese, a peripheral variety of Romagnol spoken in the Republic of San Marino. Despite having been the country’s primary oral language for almost 1,000 years, Sammarinese is on the verge of extinction today as universal education and economic development have caused language shift to Italian beginning
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In memoriam: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. (mult.) Wolfgang Viereck September 4, 1937 – September 4, 2018 Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Heinrich Ramisch,Kenneth Wynne
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Dialectal speech of youth as a part of their personal and national identity Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Melita Zemljak Jontes,Simona Pulko
AbstractThe article presents the research findings on the use of various social varieties of the Slovenian language, i. e. Standard and Non–standard language, by the students studying Slovenian language and literature in Maribor. A brief introduction is followed by a description of language culture and its efforts to improve the subject matter and the importance of the norm in a language with rich
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Prosodical System of the Northern Aukštaitian dialect of Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Language Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Genovaitė Kačiuškienė
AbstractThe Northern Aukštaitian dialect of Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Language is interesting in synchronic, diachronic, typological, and ethnogenetic aspects; its idioms bear some witness to contacts of Lithuanian and Semigalian languages (Kačiuškienė 2009).The secondary types of pitch accents of the Northern Aukštaitian dialect of Panevėžys were discussed in Dialectologia et Geolinguistica 24 (Kačiuškienė
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Polish dialectal wild herbaceous plant names against a Slavic and European background Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Jadwiga Waniakowa
AbstractThe argument put forward in the present article is that many Polish dialectal plant names do not have folk roots. The only way to ascertain the true origin of a given name is by analysing the history of the dialectal name and related names in other languages. Such an analysis leads to the conclusion that Polish dialectal names have various origins. Some of them are truly dialectal, i.e. they
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Geolinguistic complexity in Berber. Structural and algorithmic perspectives Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Mena B. Lafkioui
The present article discusses how the combination of structural (qualitative) and algorithmic (quantitative) perspectives provides valuable insights into geolinguistic patterning and variability, and hence testifies to the importance of the integrating approach in addressing geolinguistic complexity. In doing so, it shows how language is constantly modulated in the form of innovations that emerge in
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Colloquial features in the syntax of spoken media in Maribor Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2018-11-01 Alenka Valh Lopert
Abstract The article deals with the influence of colloquial syntax on the spontaneous non-prepared media discourse of professional presenters. It presents a syntactic analysis of radio program broadcasts on two Maribor radio stations, i.e. the commercial station Radio City and the Slovene public station Radio Maribor. Specifically, the paper focuses on typical syntactic colloquial features, i.e. incomplete
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Language ideologies, intervarietal conflict and their repercussions on language and society: the case of the Hispanic dialect complex Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2017-11-27 Godsuno Chela-Flores
Abstract In this paper, a phase of language divinisation is posited as the deeply-rooted origin of the standard language/variety ideology, which devalues the nonstandard dialects thus causing a permanent sociolinguistic conflict. Present linguistic standardisation is seen as the form divinisation has taken in the course of the history of humankind and it is justified by the search of stability and
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Patrones de ergatividad en el español peninsular Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2017-11-27 Victor Lara
Abstract Western Peninsular Spanish possesses a type of causative construction in which an intransitive lexeme is used as transitive. Specifically, the verbs caer (‘to fall’), quedar (‘to stay’) and entrar (‘to enter) can induce a direct object in detriment of the standard verbs tirar (‘to throw’), dejar (‘to leave’) and meter (‘to put in’). This phenomenon (called lability) has not been investigated
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Four low central vowels in Eastern Andalusian Spanish: /a/ before underlying /-s/, /-r/, and /-θ/ in El Ejido Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2017-11-27 Alfredo Herrero de Haro
Coda-final consonant deletion has been extensively documented in Eastern Andalusian Spanish; however, its effects on neighbouring segments is still unknown. Scholars working on consonant deletion in Eastern Andalusian Spanish have mainly focused on /s/, given the semantic importance of this consonant in Spanish. As a result, other consonants which are often deleted syllable-finally in this geolect
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The role of dialect in mother tongue retention of Slovene Canadians: a case study Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2017-11-27 Nada Šabec, Mihaela Koletnik
Abstract This article addresses the issue of mother tongue retention in the Slovene Canadian community of Vancouver. A brief social and historical profile of the community is followed by a description of the general linguistic situation, based on the data collected through questionnaires and participant observation. The results show substantial intergenerational variation in terms of the immigrants’
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Motor-concept variation in the German verbs ‘anfassen’, ‘angreifen’, ‘anlangen’. Differences between Austria, Germany and Switzerland Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2017-11-27 Timo Ahlers, Juliane Fink
Abstract The semantics of German ‘touch’ verbs include corresponding motor concepts. These seem to result from experiences and learning from subjective bodily actions and interactions with the environment during language acquisition (cf. Bailey 1997). When we learn a new action word, we often do so embedded in a particular motor context (cf. Bailey et al. 1997; Bergen et al. 2004). In this pilot study
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From field notebooks to automatic mapping: the ‘Atlas Lingüístico Galego’ database Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2017-11-27 Xulio Sousa
Abstract The use of computerized systems for geolinguistic data processing began in the 1970s with the production of maps for linguistic atlas projects. From that moment, dialect studies have continuously benefitted from the innovations that took place in the field of digital technologies. At present, linguistic geography projects are fully integrated within the Digital Humanities and are governed
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Atlas of the Baltic Languages: Thematic Groups of Vocabulary Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 Anna Stafecka
Abstract Latvian and Lithuanian share a large number of related lexical items in their standard varieties, but even more so in their dialects. Even though the traditional regional dialects are relatively well-preserved both in Latvia and Lithuania, nowadays they are disappearing. For this reason, a project called Atlas of the Baltic languages was initiated in 2006, with the aim to study both Baltic
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A Contribution to the diachronic study of Galician and Portuguese prosodies Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 Elisa Fernández Rei,Lurdes de Castro Moutinho,Rosa Lídia Coimbra
Abstract Galician and Portuguese have a common origin. This genetic affiliation is not accompanied by any historical continuity (Monteagudo 2012: 38), as these language varieties were separated in a distant past, mainly through the establishment of a political and administrative boundary between their territories. This lack of contact is interesting when studying common and divergent linguistic phenomena
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Nynorn: Die Rekonstruktion des Norn Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 Natalie Korobzow
Abstract The following article strives to present a project that was launched by language enthusiasts in an attempt to revive Norn, a Scandinavian language that used to be spoken on the Northern Isles but died out about 200 years ago. On that account, the reasons and mechanics of language endangerment and language death are examined in this paper as well as different approaches to language revival
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A proposed order of historical emergence of Esan speech varieties Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 Ikoyo-Eweto Evarista Ofure
Abstract Significant studies on the sound systems of Edoid languages have been conducted, but studies of the internal relations that may exist within them are rare. Linguistic and nonlinguistic correlates of Northern Edoid features have been identified, thereby laying out broad phonetic and phonological indices for identifying this group of languages. Esan is classified as North Central Edoid. The
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Secondary Types of Pitch Accents of the Northern Aukštaitian Dialect of Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Language Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 Genovaitė Kačiuškienė
Abstract The Baltic languages remain of special interest for linguists because they contain many archaic features essential for the comparative research of Indo-European languages and reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European (Mikić 2014: 39). The Lithuanian prosodic system is characterized by free accent and two types of syllable accents (or tones) in the long stressed syllables. The stress is inherited
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Analysis of the morphological variation of Basque Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 Gotzon Aurrekoetxea
Abstract The lack of homogeneous data recorded by similar methodologies has been a handicap to the development of more advanced studies on the dialectal variation of Basque. Now that the first five volumes of the Linguistic Atlas of the Basque Language have been published, researchers have access to a great amount of data and the possibility to use more sophisticated procedures to analyze the variation
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Implicational scales in colloquial Belgian Dutch Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 Anne-Sophie Ghyselen, Jacques Van Keymeulen
Abstract In variationist linguistics, the concept of implicational hierarchies, i.e. the idea that feature x implies y but not the reverse, has passed into oblivion the last decades (cf. Rickford 2002: 142). This paper aims at showing the usefulness of implicational scales as an analytical tool, especially when attempting to understand stylistic dynamics and the structure of intermediate variations
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A quantitative approach to Swiss German – Dialectometric analyses and comparisons of linguistic levels Dialectologia et Geolinguistica (IF 0.417) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 Yves Scherrer, Philipp Stoeckle
German-speaking Switzerland can certainly be regarded as one of the liveliest and at the same time best researched dialect areas in Central Europe. It is all the more surprising that dialectometric analyses in this area have only recently been performed and none of them included an investigation into the level of syntax. In this paper we pursue two goals: First, we present digital data that has been