On the Border of Language and Dialect

"This volume considers the linguistic borders between languages and dia­lects, as well as the administrative, cultural and mental borders that reflect or affect linguistic ones; it comprises eight articles examining the mental borders between dialects, dialect continua and areas of mixed dialect, la...

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description "This volume considers the linguistic borders between languages and dia­lects, as well as the administrative, cultural and mental borders that reflect or affect linguistic ones; it comprises eight articles examining the mental borders between dialects, dialect continua and areas of mixed dialect, language ideologies, language mixing and contact-induced language change. The book opens with Dennis R. Preston’s review article on per­ceptual dialectology, showing how this field of study provides insights on laymen’s perceptions about dialect boundaries, and how such perceptions explain regional and social variation. Johanna Laakso problematizes the common notion of languages as having clear-cut boundaries and stresses the artificialness and conventionality of linguistic borders. Vesa Koivisto introduces the Border Karelian dialects as an example of language and dialect mixing. Marjatta Palander and Helka Riionheimo’s article examines the mental boundaries between Finnish and Karelian, demonstrated by the informants when recalling their fading memories of a lost mother tongue. Niina Kunnas focuses on how speakers of White Sea Karelian perceive the boundaries between their language and other varieties. Within the framework of language ideology, Tamás Péter Szabó highlights the ways in which linguistic borders are interactionally (co)constructed in the school environment in Hungary and Finland. Anna-Riitta Lindgren and Leena Niiranen present a contact-linguistic study investigating the vocabulary of Kven, a variety lying on the fuzzy boundary of a language and a dialect. Finally, Vesa Jarva and Jenni Mikkonen approach demographically manifested linguistic boundaries by examining the Old Helsinki slang, a mixture of lexical features derived from Finnish and Swedish. Together, the articles paint a picture of a multidimensional, multilingual, variable and ever-changing linguistic reality where diverse borders, boundaries and barriers meet, intertwine and cross each other. As a whole, the articles also seek to cross disciplinary and methodological boundaries and present new perspectives on earlier studies.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-313872026-05-04T18:57:12Z On the Border of Language and Dialect Palander, Marjatta Riionheimo, Helka Koivisto, Vesa minority languages language ideology multilingualism dialect slang borrowing Finland Finnish language Karelia Karelian language Kven people Loanword Swedish language thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics "This volume considers the linguistic borders between languages and dia­lects, as well as the administrative, cultural and mental borders that reflect or affect linguistic ones; it comprises eight articles examining the mental borders between dialects, dialect continua and areas of mixed dialect, language ideologies, language mixing and contact-induced language change. The book opens with Dennis R. Preston’s review article on per­ceptual dialectology, showing how this field of study provides insights on laymen’s perceptions about dialect boundaries, and how such perceptions explain regional and social variation. Johanna Laakso problematizes the common notion of languages as having clear-cut boundaries and stresses the artificialness and conventionality of linguistic borders. Vesa Koivisto introduces the Border Karelian dialects as an example of language and dialect mixing. Marjatta Palander and Helka Riionheimo’s article examines the mental boundaries between Finnish and Karelian, demonstrated by the informants when recalling their fading memories of a lost mother tongue. Niina Kunnas focuses on how speakers of White Sea Karelian perceive the boundaries between their language and other varieties. Within the framework of language ideology, Tamás Péter Szabó highlights the ways in which linguistic borders are interactionally (co)constructed in the school environment in Hungary and Finland. Anna-Riitta Lindgren and Leena Niiranen present a contact-linguistic study investigating the vocabulary of Kven, a variety lying on the fuzzy boundary of a language and a dialect. Finally, Vesa Jarva and Jenni Mikkonen approach demographically manifested linguistic boundaries by examining the Old Helsinki slang, a mixture of lexical features derived from Finnish and Swedish. Together, the articles paint a picture of a multidimensional, multilingual, variable and ever-changing linguistic reality where diverse borders, boundaries and barriers meet, intertwine and cross each other. As a whole, the articles also seek to cross disciplinary and methodological boundaries and present new perspectives on earlier studies. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-07-03 10:08:44 2020-04-01T12:37:06Z 2018 book 1000204 OCN: 1051778170 1235-1938;1235-1946 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29742 9789522229168; 9789518580037; 9789518580044 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31387 eng Studia Fennica Linguistica open access image/png image/png image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29742/1/9789518580037_on_the_border.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29742/1/9789518580037_on_the_border.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29742/1/9789518580037_on_the_border.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29742/1/9789518580037_on_the_border.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29742/1/9789518580037_on_the_border.pdf Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sflin.21 10.21435/sflin.21 8ceefe60-b6e9-4502-8498-ff110bb0f062 9789522229168; 9789518580037; 9789518580044 262 Helsinki open access
spellingShingle minority languages
language ideology
multilingualism
dialect
slang
borrowing
Finland
Finnish language
Karelia
Karelian language
Kven people
Loanword
Swedish language
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics
On the Border of Language and Dialect
title On the Border of Language and Dialect
title_full On the Border of Language and Dialect
title_fullStr On the Border of Language and Dialect
title_full_unstemmed On the Border of Language and Dialect
title_short On the Border of Language and Dialect
title_sort on the border of language and dialect
topic minority languages
language ideology
multilingualism
dialect
slang
borrowing
Finland
Finnish language
Karelia
Karelian language
Kven people
Loanword
Swedish language
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics
topic_facet minority languages
language ideology
multilingualism
dialect
slang
borrowing
Finland
Finnish language
Karelia
Karelian language
Kven people
Loanword
Swedish language
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics
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