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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/4/09437
• Soggetto topico: Code switching (Linguistics) - Czechoslovakia; Sociolinguistics - Czechoslovakia
• Altri autori: SgallPetr <1926->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Variation in language
• ISBN: 1-283-32812-7; 9786613328120; 90-272-7735-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957725503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe ; ; v. 39.