Picnick and Sauerkraut: German–English intra-writer variation in script and language (1867–1900)
- Intra-writer variation is a wide-spread phenomenon that nevertheless has received only limited research attention so far. Different addressees, bi- and multilingualism, or changing life phases are among the factors that contribute to such variation. In a study of diary entries by one writer covering three decades (1867–1900), this chapter investigates patterns of intra-writer variation between German and English (language and script) in nineteenth-century Canada, with a special focus on single word borrowings, person reference and place names. The long-term perspective provides a unique insight into the dynamics of a bilingual writer’s emerging sociolinguistic competence as reflected by the flexible yet structured use of his resources within the social space of a bilingual community.
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| Author: | Doris StolbergORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-121079 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80079-704-8 |
| ISSN: | 2296-1909 |
| Parent Title (English): | Intra-writer variation in historical sociolinguistics |
| Series (Serial Number): | Historical Sociolinguistics (5) |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang |
| Place of publication: | Oxford/New York |
| Editor: | Markus Schiegg, Judith Huber |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/09/14 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
| Tag: | bilingual community; intra-writer variation; person reference; place names; single word borrowings |
| GND Keyword: | Adressat; Deutsch; Englisch; Entlehnung; Historische Soziolinguistik; Mehrsprachigkeit; Ortsname; Soziolinguistik; Tagebuch; Variation; Zweisprachigkeit |
| First Page: | 359 |
| Last Page: | 381 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Leibniz-Classification: | Sprache, Linguistik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Soziolinguistik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Sprachgeschichte |
| Program areas: | L2: Lexikalische Syntagmatik |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International |