Immigrant Dialects and Language Maintenance in Australia : Case of the Limburg and Swabian Dialects.

Immigrant Dialects and Language Maintenance in Australia: The Cases of the Limburg and Swabia Dialects (Topics in Sociolinguistics, 2).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pauwels, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 1986.
Colección:Topics in sociolinguistics.
Temas:
Bilingualism > Australia.
German language > Dialects > Australia.
Dutch language > Dialects > Australia.
Language and languages.
Language
Allemand (Langue) > Dialectes > Australie.
Néerlandais (Langue) > Dialectes > Australie.
Langage et langues.
Bilingualism
Dutch language > Dialects
German language > Dialects
Language and languages
Australia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 1. OUTLINE AND SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
  • 1.1 A Short Description of the Investigation
  • 1.2 Choice of Topic, Situation and Language Groups
  • 1.3 Points of Interest
  • 1.3.1 Dialect and Language Maintenance
  • 1.3.2 Diglossia and Bilingualism
  • 1.3.3 Dialect and the Second Generation
  • 1.4 Sociolinguistic Approach
  • 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THIS STUDY
  • 2.1 On Defining Language, Language Variety, Speech Community, Bilingualism and Diglossia
  • 2.1.1 Language, Language Variety
  • 2.1.2 Speech Community.
  • 2.1.3 Bilingualism
  • 2.1.4 Diglossia
  • 2.2 The Ecology of Language: Aspects of the Study of Language Maintenance
  • 2.2.1 Habitual Language Use
  • 2.2.2 Extra-Linguistic Factors
  • 2.2.3 Studies Regarding Language Attitudes, Language Planning and Reinforcement
  • 2.2.4 On Defining Language Maintenance and Shift
  • 2.3 The Concept of Dialect
  • 2.3.1 Language versus Dialect
  • Standard Language versus Dialect
  • 2.3.2 Dialectological Approaches
  • 2.3.3 Dialect and Standard Language in This Investigation
  • 3. THE LANGUAGE GROUPS
  • 3.1 Situation in the Home Countries
  • 3.1.1 Limburg.
  • 3.1.2 The Limburg Dialect
  • 3.1.3 The Language Situation in Limburg
  • 3.1.4 Baden-Württemberg
  • 3.1.5 The Swabian Dialect
  • 3.1.6 The Language Situation in Württemberg
  • 3.2 The Situation in Australia: Dutch and German Immigrants in Australia
  • 3.2.1 Dutch and German Migration to Australia
  • 3.2.2 Socio-Demographic Profile of the Dutch and German-Born Population in Australia
  • 3.2.3 Dutch and German Community Life in Melbourne, Australia
  • 3.2.4 Language Statistics on Dutch and German Speakers in Australia
  • 4. ORGANIZATION OF THE INVESTIGATION
  • 4.1 Choice of Methods.
  • 4.2 Outline of Informants
  • 4.2.1 Sampling Procedures and Selection of Informants
  • 4.2.2 Identifying Dialect Speakers and Standard Speakers
  • 4.2.3 Description of Informants
  • 4.3 Methods of Investigation
  • 4.3.1 Questionnaires
  • 4.3.2 The Interview
  • 4.3.3 Participant Observation
  • 5. THE INVESTIGATION
  • 5.1 Data Processing
  • 5.1.1 Processing of Data Material Relating to the Language Use Questionnaire
  • 5.1.2 Data Related to the Functions of the Standard Language and Dialect
  • 5.1.3 Data Processing of Language Use in the Second Generation.
  • 5.2 Presentation of Data: The Language Maintenance Rate of Dialect and Standard Speakers
  • 5.2.1 An Overall View
  • 5.2.2 The Use of the Dialect and the Standard Language by German and Dutch Dialect Speakers
  • 5.2.3 Domain Analysis of the Language Use of Standard and Dialect Speakers
  • 5.2.4 Analysis of Types of Language Use
  • 5.2.5 The Impact of 'Language Variety' on Language Maintenance as Compared to Other Variables
  • 5.2.6 The Impact of Domain Overlap on Language Maintenance
  • 5.3 Interpretation of Data: The Language Maintenance Rate of Dialect and Standard Speakers.

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