What variational linguistics can learn from Galician

  • This short overview reviews, in the first part, some of the most important fields of investigation where studies on Galician have contributed to variational linguistics, including macro- and micro-sociolinguistic studies (sections 1-3). The second part (sections 4-7) postulates some possible theoretical and empirical areas which we recommend to be included in future research. We propose a critical application of new models of linguistic variation, including recent frameworks such as studies on grammaticalisation, OT, intonational phonology, etc., but also call for the inclusion of established insights into language variation common in the European tradition. The high concentration of research institutions and the strongly dynamic situation of contemporary Galician could serve as an empirical touchstone for these theoretical frameworks, and Galician linguistics should apply them in a critical, flexible and creative way. This means that research on Galician will not only learn from theory but also contribute to it. We also briefly mention some of the areas where the studies of Galician have already contributed some important results to an overall perspective on linguistic variation.

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Author:Johannes Kabatek
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1112768
Parent Title (German):Estudios de Sociolingüística (Vigo)
Place of publication:Vigo
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2008/11/10
Year of first Publication:2003
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2008/11/10
Tag:Galician; language change; sociolinguistics; sociology of language; variational linguistics
GND Keyword:Galicisch
Volume:3 + 4
Issue:2 + 1
First Page:343
Last Page:358
Source:Estudios de Sociolingüística (Vigo), 3,2+4,1, 2002/2003, S. 343-358 ; http://webs.uvigo.es/ssl/eds
HeBIS-PPN:208536442
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
4 Sprache / 46 Spanisch, Portugiesisch / 460 Spanisch, Portugiesisch
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Dialektologie/Sprachgeografie / Dialectology/Linguistic geography
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht