Language Standardization in a View ‘from Below’

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Abstract

Most accounts of histories of linguistic standardization have in common a focus on printed, formal or literary texts from writing elites. In recent historical sociolinguistic research, the question has arisen as to which texts ‘from below’ (i.e. informal and mostly handwritten texts, particularly from the lower ranks of society) contributed to the standardization processes of modern languages. Such texts have been handed down in Western languages since the beginning of the standardization era, but have been largely neglected or even ignored in conventional language historiographies. This chapter will set out with a critical review of traditional histories and current models of language standardization, in particular the four-step model by Haugen, which will be contrasted with an alternative model based on the ‘language history from below’ approach. It will then reflect on methodological aspects. One central question is that of adequate corpora (i.e. which texts and which text editions by which authors were and could be selected for the description of standardization processes). The last part of the chapter will present findings of case studies in recent research in (historical) sociolinguistics on standardization in a view ‘from below’.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelThe Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization
Redakteure/-innenWendy Ayres-Bennett, John Bellamy
ErscheinungsortCambridge (UK)
Herausgeber (Verlag)Cambridge University Press
Kapitel3
Seiten93-114
Seitenumfang22
ISBN (elektronisch)9781108559249
ISBN (Print)9781108559249
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juli 2021
VeranstaltungGlobal approaches to multilingualism and standardisation - Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Großbritannien/Vereinigtes Königreich
Dauer: 16 Apr. 201818 Apr. 2018
http://www.meits.org/events/event/global-approaches-to-multilingualism-and-standardisation

Publikationsreihe

NameCambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
Herausgeber (Verlag)Cambridge University Press

Konferenz

KonferenzGlobal approaches to multilingualism and standardisation
Land/GebietGroßbritannien/Vereinigtes Königreich
OrtCambridge
Zeitraum16/04/1818/04/18
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