Social stratification and patterns of code-switching in Early English letters
Social stratification and patterns of code-switching in Early English letters
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早期英语字母中的社会分层和语码转换模式
DOI：
10.1515/mult.2004.23.4.417
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发表时间：
2004
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
P. Pahta
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作者：
A. Nurmi;P. Pahta
摘要本研究从历史的角度探讨多语现象，重点关注15世纪和16世纪早期英国书信中英语和其他语言之间的语码转换。数据来自早期英语书信语料库，这是一个为历史社会语言学研究而设计的大型电子工具。一个包含作者背景信息的相关数据库使得应用相关社会语言学的框架成为可能。在考察语码转换与社会因素的关系的同时，本研究主要关注社会分层。分析表明，作者的社会地位与他们的语码转换行为在数量和质量上都有明显的相关性。性别和教育等其他相互关联的变量也很重要。本研究还证实，要全面理解这一现象，需要从微观层面对习语和人际关系进行分析。
Abstract The study deals with multilingualism in a historical perspective, focusing on code-switching between English and other languages in letters written in fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century England. The data is drawn from the Corpus of Early English Correspondence, a large electronic tool designed for historical sociolinguistic research. A related database containing background information on the writers makes it possible to apply the framework of correlational sociolinguistics. While testing the relationship of code-switching with many social variables, the study concentrates on social stratification. The analysis shows clear correlation between the writers' social rank and their code-switching behaviour both in terms of quantity and quality. Other interlinked variables such as gender and education are also significant. The study also confirms that for a full understanding of the phenomenon, microlevel analyses of idiolects and interpersonal relations are needed.