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1. Extending the Scope of Lectometry (Zur Erweiterung des Anwendungsbereichs der Lektometrie)

Author

Rosseel, Laura, Franco, Karlien, Röthlisberger, Melanie, Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics, Centre for Linguistics, and Linguistics and Literary Studies

Subjects
lectometry, register variation, quantitative methods in linguistics, sociolectometry, dialectometry, language variation
Abstract

This special issue brings together a collection of papers that highlight recent advances in the field of lectometry. Lectometric research measures distances between various types of language varieties, such as dialects or sociolects. In addition to briefly sketching the development of the field, this introductory paper surveys the theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions a lectometric approach to language has to offer. We furthermore identify blind spots within the current scope of lectometric work and lay out suggestions for future avenues the field could go down. The paper concludes by introducing the various contributions to this special issue of “Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik” and by outlining how each of those papers contributes to extending the scope of lectometry.

Published
2020

2. INTERESTING FELLOW OR TOUGH OLD BIRD? THIRD-PERSON MALE REFERENTS IN ONTARIO.

Author

FRANCO, KARLIEN and TAGLIAMONTE, SALI A.

Subjects
*SOCIOLINGUISTICS, *LINGUISTIC change, *SOCIAL types, *INNER cities, *ADULTS, *SOCIAL networks, *VARIATION in language
Abstract

English has many words to refer to an adult man (e.g., man, guy, dude), and these are undergoing change in the Ontario dialects. This article analyzes the distribution of these and related forms using data collected in Ontario, Canada. In total, 6,788 tokens for 17 communities were extracted and analyzed with a comparative sociolinguistics methodology for social and geographic factors. The results demonstrate a substantive language change in progress with two striking patterns. First, male speakers in Ontario were the leaders of this change in the past. However, as guy gained prominence across the twentieth century, women started using it as frequently as men. Second, these developments are complicated by the complexity of the sociolinguistic landscape. There is a clear urban versus peripheral division across Ontario communities that also involves both population size and distance from the large urban center, Toronto. Further, social network type and other local influences are also important. In sum, variation in third-person singular male referents in Ontario dialects provides new insight into the co-occurrence and evolution of sociolinguistic factors in the process of language change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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3. Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited

Author

Kristiansen, Gitte, Franco, Karlien, De Pascale, Stefano, Rosseel, Laura, Zhang, Weiwei, Linguistics and Literary Studies, Centre for Linguistics, and Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics

Subjects
Cognitive Sociolinguistics, language change, cognitive linguistics, language variation, sociolinguistics
Published
2021

4. Extending the scope of lectometry

Author

Karlien Franco, Melanie Röthlisberger, Laura Rosseel, Rosseel, Laura, Franco, Karlien, Röthlisberger, Melanie, Centre for Linguistics, Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics, and Linguistics and Literary Studies

Subjects
register variation, DYNAMICS, CORPORA, Linguistics and Language, ENGLISH, Language & Linguistics, Sociology and Political Science, Scope (project management), Field (Bourdieu), Social Sciences, LANGUAGE, Linguistics, AGGREGATION, Language and Linguistics, language variation, lectometry, STANDARD, Work (electrical), quantitative methods in linguistics, language variation and change, PATTERNS, Engineering ethics, Sociology, sociolectometry, dialectometry
Abstract

This special issue brings together a collection of papers that highlight recent advances in the field of lectometry. Lectometric research measures distances between various types of language varieties, such as dialects or sociolects. In addition to briefly sketching the development of the field, this introductory paper surveys the theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions a lectometric approach to language has to offer. We furthermore identify blind spots within the current scope of lectometric work and lay out suggestions for future avenues the field could go down. The paper concludes by introducing the various contributions to this special issue of “Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik” and by outlining how each of those papers contributes to extending the scope of lectometry.

Published
2020

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