Doctoral Dissertation Research: An Ethnography of the Development of Thyboronsk

9313170 Silverstein这个项目的主要焦点是：(1)在一个更大的语言社区的快速内部迁移过程中，记录一个小社区的社会语言学概况；(2)探究跨辩证法和超辩证法的出现是成员对标准化媒体的获取和取向、他们在社区生活的时间长短以及他们的年龄等因素的作用。在这个项目中，我们将定量的社会语言学技术应用于波动的方言现象，从而试图通过研究区域标准化机制来解释超方言现象。我们将收集人口统计和其他人种学数据，目的是更全面地说明捷伯龙斯克的波动状况。这些数据将启用pi通过区域标准化的宏观层面过程来分析方言从产生到发展的过程。如果这些过程在语言学和社会学上都得到证实，后果将会是怎样的。该项目旨在揭示控制和/或促进小型移植社区当地特征形成和可持续性的因素。它还将探索开发定量技术的可能性，以评估和校准语言访谈的语音转录的有效性。

9313170 Silverstein The main foci of this project are: (1) documenting the sociolinguistic profile of a small community constituted over the course of rapid internal migration within a larger linguistic community; and (2) tracing the emergence of interdialectisms and hyperdialectisms as functions of factors such as access and orientation of members to standardizing media, how long they have lived in the community, and their age. In this project, we apply quantitative sociolinguistic techniques to fluctuating dialectological phenomena and thereby attempt to account for hyperdialectisms through examining mechanisms of regional standardization. We will gather both demographic and other ethnographic data with the aim of producing a more comprehensive account of the fluctuating condition of Thyboronsk. The data will enable the P.I.'s to analyze the development of the dialect from its emergence through the macro-level processes of its regional standardization. The ramifications if these processes are evidenced both linguistically and sociologically. The project is intended to reveal what factors control and/or contribute to the formation and sustainability of local identities of small transplanted communities. It will also explore the possibilities for developing quantitative techniques for evaluating and calibrating the validity of phonetic transcriptions of linguistic interviews.