The primary relevance of subconsciously offered attitudes: Focusing the language ideological aspect of sociolinguistic change

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Abstract

The chapter deals with the role of language-ideological structures in linguistic variation and change at the macro-level of societal life. It argues that we need to construe (conceptualize and operationalize) data collection contexts which allow for a clear distinction between consciously (overtly) and subconsciously (covertly) offered attitudes – because subconsciously offered attitudes appear to be a driving force in linguistic variation and change in a way that consciously offered attitudes are not. The argument is based on evidence from empirical investigations of attitudes and use in the ‘standard vs. non-standard’ dimension in Denmark, and in the ‘national vs. English’ dimension in seven Nordic communities (including the Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finland-Swedish, and Finnish communities).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResponses to Language Varieties : Variability, processes and outcomes
EditorsAlexei Prikhodkine, Dennis R. Preston
Number of pages30
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date2015
Pages87-116
ISBN (Print) 9789027258304
ISBN (Electronic)9789027267931
Publication statusPublished - 2015
SeriesIMPACT: Studies in Language and Society
Volume39
ISSN1385-7908

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