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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457417403321

Titolo

Variation in language [[electronic resource] ] : code switching in Czech as a challenge for sociolinguistics / / by Petr Sgall ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1992

ISBN

1-283-32812-7

9786613328120

90-272-7735-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe (LLSEE), , 0165-7712 ; ; v. 39

Altri autori (Persone)

SgallPetr <1926->

Disciplina

306.4/4/09437

Soggetti

Code switching (Linguistics) - Czechoslovakia

Sociolinguistics - Czechoslovakia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-358) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

VARIATION IN LANGUAGE CODE SWITCHING IN CZECH ASA CHALLENGE FOR SOCIOLINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of contents; 1. STYLES,VARIETIES, AND LANGUAGE FORMATIONS; 1.1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; 1.2 A BASIC SCALE OF VARIATION; 1.3 KINDS AND LAYERS OF VARIATION; 1.3.1 Main approaches to variation; 1.3.2 Diglossia; 1.3.3 Code-switching without bilingualism; 1.3.4 Speaker's attitudes; 1.3.5 Mutual impact of codes; 1.3.6 Core and periphery of national language; 1.3.7 Attitudes and activities of linguists; 1.4 STYLE AND LANGUAGE FORMATION

1.5 THEORETICAL ASPECTS 2. THE TWO CENTRAL LANGUAGE FORMATIONS IN CZECH; 2.1. THE HISTORY OF THE QUESTION; 2.1.1 First inquiry into Common Czech; 2.1.2 Discussions on democratization; 2.1.3 The present state; 2.2 PHONEMICS; 2.2.1 The two scales; 2.2.2 The main items typical of CC sound patterns; 2.2.3 Peripheral items of CC phonemics; 2.2.4 Concluding remarks; 2.3 MORPHEMICS; 2.3.1 General Remarks; 2.3.2 Declension; (A) Nouns; (A.1) Masculine; (A.2) Feminine; (A.3) Neuter; (B.1) Adjectives; (B.2) Pronouns; (i) Demonstrative; (ii) Possessive; (iii) Personal; (iv)



Anaphorical; (B.3) Numerals

2.3.3 Conjugation(i) Class 1 (paradigms nese, bere,maže, pece, umre) and general features; (ii) Class 2 (tiskne, mine, zacne); (iii) Class 3 (kupuje, kreje); (iv) Class 4 (prosi, trpí, sázi); (v) Class 5 (delá); 2.3.4 Degrees of comparison; 2.4 SYNTAX; 2.4.1 Means and their functions in spoken discourse; 2.4.2 Syntactic means; 2.4.3 Syntactic functions and morphological meanings; 2.4.4 Closing remarks; 2.5 Lexicon; 2.5.1 General observations; 2.5.2 Phonemic shape of CC words; 2.5.3 Lexically-stylistic variability; 2.5.4 Relationships between SC and CC words; 2.5.5 Types of CC word formation

3. THE ORIGIN OF THE OPPOSITION OF STANDARD AND COMMON CZECH 3.1. CONDITIONS DURING NATIONAL REVIVAL; 3.2 REASONS FOR THE CHOICE OF THE ARCHAIC STANDARD; 3.3 THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES; 4. CODE SWITCHING BETWEEN STANDARD AND COMMON CZECH; 4.1 CODE SWITCHING AND SPEAKERS 1 ATTITUDE; 4.1.1 Results of empirical research; 4.1.2 Factors of choice of expressions; 4.2 COMMON CZECH IN PUBLIC USE; 4.3 LINGUISTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE CODE SWITCHING; 5. CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES; 5.1 SOME TASKS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS; 5.2 REQUIREMENTS ON LINGUISTIC THEORY

5.3 PERSPECTIVES ON THE STRATIFICATION OF CZECH 5.3.1 Perspectives of the impact of CC; 5.3.2 Starting points for a prognosis; 5.3.3 CC lexical units in standard discourse; 5.3.4 Perspectives of phonemic and grammatical items; 5.3.5 Some specific cases; 5.3.6 A summary of the prognosis and of the linguists"" role; NOTES TO CHAPTER 1; NOTES TO CHAPTER 2; NOTES TO CHAPTER 3; NOTES TO CHAPTER 4; NOTES TO CHAPTER 5; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Sommario/riassunto

Czech, a clear case of a language having a Standard and a strong central vernacular with intensive shifting between them, offers many points of general interest to sociolinguists. This volume is divided in 5 chapters and opens with a general discussion of language varieties. 'The Two Central Language Formations in Czech' gives a summary description of the Czech central vernacular. This is followed by a chapter on 'The Origin and Opposition of Standard and Common Czech' and in the next chapter code switching between Standard and Common Czech is discussed. The concluding chapter presents starting



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972375303321

Titolo

Universities and global diversity : preparing educators for tomorrow / / edited by Beverly Lindsay and Wanda J. Blanchett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2011

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-88641-9

1-283-84342-0

1-136-88642-7

0-203-83969-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education

Altri autori (Persone)

LindsayBeverly

BlanchettWanda J

Disciplina

370.71

378.016

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Education - Study and teaching (Higher)

Education and globalization

Universities and colleges

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Universities and Global Diversity: Preparing Educators for Tomorrow; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Decade; Abbreviations; 1 Universities and GlobalDiversity: PreparingEducators for Tomorrow; Part I Geopolitical andRegional Matters inHigher Education; 2 The University in TurbulentTimes: A ComparativeStudy of the United Statesand Russia; 3 Beyond Globalization:Possibilities and Challengesin Korea and China; 4 Globalization and HigherEducation in the MiddleEast; 5 Shifting Tides in JamaicanHigher Education

Part II Unique Colleges andUniversities and GlobalInfluences6 Historically BlackColleges and Universitiesin New Orleans: Domesticand Global Engagement inthe Post-Katrina Era; 7 Native American Tribal Collegesand Universities: UtilizingIndigenous Knowledges andWays of Knowing to PrepareNative Peoples to Meet theDemands of an



IncreasinglyGlobalized Community; 8 Urban Support Networks:Commuter Urban PublicUniversities in Global Times; 9 Australian Universitiesand the Challenges ofInternationalization; Part III University Students andColleges and Schools ofEducation

10 An International Survey ofHigher Education Students'Perceptions of World-Mindednessand Global Citizenship11 European Union Universitiesand Teacher Preparation; 12 Engaged Research/ers,Transformative Curriculum,and Diversity Policy for TeacherEducation in the Americas: TheUnited States, Brazil, and Belize; 13 Teaching and AdministrativeDevelopment in SouthernAfrica: Illustrations fromMozambique and Angola; Part IV Global Environmentsand Diversity; 14 Universities and GlobalDiversity: Movementtoward Tomorrow; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have occurred in the last decade.