1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911096777003321

Titolo

Dialectological and folk dialectological concepts of space : current methods and perspectives in sociolinguistic research on dialect change / / edited by Sandra Hansen ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, 2012

ISBN

9781283856485

1283856484

9783110229127

3110229129

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Linguae & litterae ; ; 17

Classificazione

GD 1001

Altri autori (Persone)

HansenSandra <1982->

Disciplina

417.2

Soggetti

Linguistic change

Dialogue analysis

Sociolinguistics - Research

Space and time in language

Language and languages - Variation

Dialectology - Research

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.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Hansen, Sandra / Schwarz, Christian / Stoeckle, Philipp / Streck, Tobias -- Countering the urbanist agenda in variationist sociolinguistics: dialect contact, demographic change and the rural-urban dichotomy / Britain, David -- Dialectal concepts of space and linguistic variation / Elmentaler, Michael -- Dialektalität, Dialektwissen und Hyperdialektalität aus soziolinguistischer Perspektive / Hansen, Sandra -- A perceptual study of ethnicity and geographical location in London and Birmingham / Torgersen, Eivind -- Der Sprachgebrauch "bei uns" - Arealbildung in Karten des Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache, objektive Grenzen und subjektive Räume / Möller, Robert -- Making sense of space - on dialect production and perception at the Finland-Sweden border / Vaattovaara, Johanna -- The folk linguistic construction of local dialect areas - linguistic and extra-



linguistic factors / Stoeckle, Philipp -- Mapping the perceptions of non-linguists in Northern England / Montgomery, Chris -- Konservative vs. innovative Dialektgebiete / Schwarz, Christian -- Dialectometric concepts of space: Towards a variant-based dialectometry / Pickl, Simon / Rumpf, Jonas -- Geography is overrated / Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt -- Dialektareale in Baden-Württemberg / Streck, Tobias -- The measurement of Dutch dialect change in the sound components / Heeringa, Wilbert / Hinskens, Frans -- Appendix: Colour maps

Sommario/riassunto

In variational linguistics, the concept of space has always been a central issue. However, different research traditions considering space coexisted for a long time separately. Traditional dialectology focused primarily on the diatopic dimension of linguistic variation, whereas in sociolinguistic studies diastratic and diaphasic dimensions were considered. For a long time only very few linguistic investigations tried to combine both research traditions in a two-dimensional design - a desideratum which is meant to be compensated by the contributions of this volume. The articles present findings from empirical studies which take on these different concepts and examine how they relate to one another. Besides dialectological and sociolinguistic concepts also a lay perspective of linguistic space is considered, a paradigm that is often referred to as "folk dialectology". Many of the studies in this volume make use of new computational possibilities of processing and cartographically representing large corpora of linguistic data. The empirical studies incorporate findings from different linguistic communities in Europe and pursue the objective to shed light on the inter-relationship between the different concepts of space and their relevance to variational linguistics.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911137769203321

Autore

Wang Yanlai <1953-, >

Titolo

China's economic development and democratization / / Yanlai Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-26046-8

9781315260464

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Chinese economy series

Disciplina

330.951

Soggetti

Democratization - China

China Economic policy 1976-2000

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

China Politics and government 1976-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Understanding the Chinese transition -- pt. 2. Transition from Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping -- pt. 3. Policy institutionalization in the post-Mao era -- pt. 4. Changes in the mass public orientations -- pt. 5. Prospects for a democratic transition.

Sommario/riassunto

China's Economic Development and Democratization examines China's transformation from an institutional perspective. It proposes an analytical framework comprising six macro institutional environments: international, ideological, political, economic, constitutional, and civil-social, to analyze the Chinese transition. Through an institutional analysis of the ruling elite's policy institutionalization, it tries to answer three main questions: Will China's economic reforms lead to a meaningful political reform? Will economic freedom lead to political freedom? Will economic development lead to political democratization? The major findings from the institutional analysis of the dynamic interactions between political actors and institutions suggest that China is moving closer towards democracy. Students and scholars who are studying or conducting researches on the Chinese economy, society or politics will find this book of particular interest.