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Abstract
The paper focuses on motivations for the spread of new features within a speech community, and on the trajectories the changes follow during diffusion. One set of data represents language use, and here focus is on two changes which have been going on in Danish over the past 40 years, one grammatical and one phonetic. The other set of data are results from a nationwide speaker evaluation experiment which tests the subconscious attitudes to different types of speech among the youth in five different places covering Denmark from east to west. Results show that changes spread centrifugally from Copenhagen, even to the extent that reversal of changes spreads from Copenhagen. Furthermore, the attitudes reflected in the speaker evaluation experiment support the theory that language change is motivated by social psychological factors. Finally, it is argued that it is worthwhile considering the possibility of media being involved in processes of linguistic change.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Sociolinguistics |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 3-36 |
Number of pages | 34 |
ISSN | 1360-6441 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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- Faculty of Humanities
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Patterns of linguistic change in a late modern society - different variables; different patterns
Torben Juel Jensen (Lecturer)
2 Sep 2009Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Accomodation to a moving target: The spatio-temporal dynamics of variation and change in a late modern socioty
Torben Juel Jensen (Lecturer)
14 Aug 2009Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Central patterns of variation in a (typical?) late modern society
Torben Juel Jensen (Lecturer)
26 Jun 2009Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution