BIDIALECTALISM OR DIALECT DEATH? EXPLAINING GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS, SCOTLAND
BIDIALECTALISM OR DIALECT DEATH? EXPLAINING GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS, SCOTLAND
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DOI：
10.1215/00031283-1599959
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发表时间：
2012-03-01
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0.5
通讯作者：
Durham, Mercedes
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作者：
Smith, Jennifer;Durham, Mercedes
本文调查了苏格兰北部设得兰群岛一个社区传统方言的使用情况。具体而言，我们试图确定年轻一代的语言使用模式是否标志着方言的快速淘汰或双方言化。它比较了听众设计被操纵的录音，在一系列词汇、语音和形态句法变量中，收件人要么是内部人员，要么是外部人员。结果表明，只有年轻的说话者的声音是双方言的，其余的说话者几乎不使用方言形式。这些发现可能预示着方言的转变，以及未来几代人从地方方言向标准方言的转变。本文通过对不同录音形式的定性和定量比较，进一步探讨了双方言使用者语言使用的语言细节。研究发现，这两种变体的使用是连续的，使用频率不同，但两种语言风格的限制是相同的。它讨论了这些发现的背景下的双方言和过程方言过时在不列颠群岛和其他地方。
This article investigates the use of traditional dialect forms in a community in Shetland, northern Scotland. Specifically, we seek to establish whether the younger generations' patterns of language use signal rapid dialect obsolescence or bidialectalism. It compares recordings in which audience design is manipulated the addressee is either an insider or an outsider across a range of lexical, phonological, and morphosyntactic variables. Results show that only sonic of the younger speakers are bidialectal: the remaining speakers use virtually no dialect forms. These findings may signal dialect shift and a move from local to standard in the coming generations. The article further explores the linguistic details of the bidialectal speakers' language use through a qualitative and quantitative comparison of forms across the different recordings. It finds that the use of the two varieties operates on a continuum, where rates of use differ but constraints remain the same across the two speech styles. It discusses these findings against the backdrop of bidialectalism and the process of dialect obsolescence in the British Isles and elsewhere.