Creating a New Town koine: Children and language change in Milton Keynes
Creating a New Town koine: Children and language change in Milton Keynes
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创建新的城镇共同语言：米尔顿凯恩斯的儿童和语言变化
DOI：
10.1017/s0047404500001020
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Ann Williams
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作者：
P. Kerswill;Ann Williams
科尼化--在方言接触之后发展出一种新的混合品种--已经取得了很好的成果。然而，对这一现象的实际研究进展很少。本文描述了1967年被指定为米尔顿·凯恩斯的英国新城的一个新品种的发展。这篇文章围绕八个“原则”展开，这些原则将科尼化的过程与其结果联系起来。录音记录了48名米尔顿·凯恩斯出生的儿童，分三个年龄段(4、8和12岁)，每个孩子的主要照顾者，以及几个当地出生的老年居民。对十个语音变量的定量分析表明，大量但不完全的聚焦发生在儿童一代。论证了《新城》语言连续性的缺失，并讨论了《新城》的词化时间尺度。最后，研究表明，人口统计学和个人的社会网络特征对科尼化的结果是至关重要的。
Koineization – the development of a new, mixed variety following dialect contact – has well-documented outcomes. However, there have been few studies of the phenomenon actually in progress. This article describes the development of a new variety in the English New Town of Milton Keynes, designated in 1967. The article is structured around eight “principles” that relate the process of koineization to its outcomes. Recordings were made of 48 Milton Keynes-born children in three age groups (4, 8, and 12), the principal caregiver of each child, and several elderly locally born residents. Quantitative analysis of ten phonetic variables suggests that substantial but not complete focusing occurs in the child generation. The lack of linguistic continuity in the New Town is demonstrated, and the time scale of koineization there is discussed. Finally, it is shown that demography and the social-network characteristics of individuals are crucial to the outcomes of koineization.