Variation in Language
Code switching in Czech as a challenge for sociolinguistics
Published on 1. July 1992
Book
Hardback
370 pages
978-1-55619-264-7 (ISBN)
Description
Czech, a clear case of a language having a Standard and a strong central vernacular with intensive shifting between them, offers many points of general interest to sociolinguists. This volume is divided in 5 chapters and opens with a general discussion of language varieties. 'The Two Central Language Formations in Czech' gives a summary description of the Czech central vernacular. This is followed by a chapter on 'The Origin and Opposition of Standard and Common Czech' and in the next chapter code switching between Standard and Common Czech is discussed. The concluding chapter presents starting points for a theoretical description of a national language with intralingual variation and a preliminary formulation of perspectives on the stratification of Czech.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-264-7 (9781556192647)
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Content
1. Preface; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. Contents; 4. 1. Styles, Varieties and Language Formations; 5. 1.1 Introductory remarks; 6. 1.2 A basic scale of variation; 7. 1.3 Kinds and layers of variation; 8. 1.4 Style and language formation; 9. 1.5 Theoretical aspects; 10. 2. The Two Central Language Formations in Czech; 11. 2.1 The history of the question; 12. 2.2 Phonemics; 13. 2.3 Morphemics; 14. 2.4 Syntax; 15. 2.5 Lexicon; 16. 3. The Origin of the Opposition of Standard and Common Czech; 17. 3.1 Conditions during National Revival; 18. 3.2 Reasons for the choice of the archaic Standard; 19. 3.3 The existence of other possibilities; 20. 4. Code Switching between Standard and Common Czech; 21. 4.1 Code switching and speakers attitudes; 22. 4.2 Common Czech in public use; 23. 4.3 Linguists' attitudes towards the code switching; 24. 5. Conclusions and Perspectives; 25. 5.1 Some tasks of sociolinguistics; 26. 5.2 Requirements on linguistic theory; 27. 5.3 Perspectives of the stratification of Czech; 28. Notes to Chapter 1; 29. Notes to Chapter 2; 30. Notes to Chapter 3; 31. Notes to Chapter 4; 32. Notes to Chapter 5; 33. Appendix; 34. References; 35. Index of names; 36. Index of subjects; 37. List of abbreviations