Types of Linguistic Communities

Types of Linguistic Communities

Recently renewed attention to the study of intralanguage variation is discussed. The term "linguistic community" is developed to refer to "a social group which may be either monolingual or multilingual, held together by frequency of social interaction patterns & set off ... by wea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anthropological linguistics 1993-01, Vol.35 (1/4), p.130-142
1. Verfasser: Gumperz, John J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Communities
Dialects
Ethnolinguistics
Language
Linguistic anthropology
Linguistics
Nonnative languages
Regional dialects
Social environment
Standard languages
Variation and Change in Language
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Zusammenfassung:Recently renewed attention to the study of intralanguage variation is discussed. The term "linguistic community" is developed to refer to "a social group which may be either monolingual or multilingual, held together by frequency of social interaction patterns & set off ... by weaknesses in the lines of communication" with surrounding areas. The application of various concepts related to linguistic community to specific instances is discussed. Language distances within the code matrix in different types of societies are described. 40 References. B. Annesser Murray
ISSN:0003-5483
1944-6527