Perceptual dialectology
Perceptual dialectology is a branch of linguistics . Its focus is the perspective of linguistic laypeople on regional language varieties . It thus forms a counter- focus to classical dialectology , but is linked to it. It is assigned to the area of sociolinguistics and is related to ethnology , sociology and social psychology .
designation
The term " perceptual dialectology " is used as a translation of the English technical term perceptual dialectology , which is also used in the German- speaking area . Alternative names are "perceptual dialectology" or "everyday dialectology". In the English-speaking world, the term "folklinguistics" is also occasionally used, which, however, can be meant or perceived as derogatory.
Emergence
Perceptual dialectology is a relatively young field of research within dialect research. When exactly its origin can be classified is a matter of dispute among linguists. In addition to Dutch and Japanese research from the 1930s, the first works that can be assigned to this discipline include Origin and Nature of the Subjective Boundaries of Dialects by Willem A. Grootaers (1559), Evaluational Reaction to Spoken Language by Fillenbaum and others (1960) and A proposal for the study of folk-linguistics by H. M. Hoenigswald (1966). More intensive research has only taken place since the 1980s, for example by Dennis Preston, who is still seen today as the most important researcher in the field of perceptual dialectology. In the German-speaking area, a greater interest in questions of perception dialectology has only developed since the mid-1990s.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ CA Anders, M. Hundt, A. Lasch (eds.): Perceptual Dialectology (= New Paths of Dialectology. 38). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010, ISBN 9783110227512
- ^ DR Butters in: DR Preston, D. Long (Ed.): Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology. Volume 2. John Benjamin Publishing Company, Amsterdam / Philadelphia 2002, ISBN 9027221855