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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 231–256 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Sociolinguistica |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2023 |
Abstract
Keywords
- Luxembourgish, football language, language contact, lexical variation, multilingualism, quantitative sociolinguistics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Language and Linguistics
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Literature and Literary Theory
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In: Sociolinguistica, Vol. 37, No. 2, 01.12.2023, p. 231–256.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The sociolinguistics of Luxembourgish football language
T2 - A case study of contact-induced lexical variation in a complex multilingual society
AU - Conrad, Francois
PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - Luxembourgish is a Germanic language in Western Europe situated on the Germanic-Romance language border. The centuries-long multilingualism, that has included German and French as main contact languages, has led to much variation on all linguistic levels, yielding LEXICAL DOUBLETS – contact-induced synonym pairs. The study presents the results from the online Lëtzebuerger Futtballsprooch ‘Luxembourgish football language’ survey (n = 1189 participants), set up to analyze the distribution of the variants of lexical doublets in the special language of football in order to exemplify the mechanisms of contact-induced lexical variation in Luxembourgish as a whole. The variation is correlated with sociodemographic and language biographical factors (quantitative analysis, beta regression). The study also introduces LINGUISTIC ORIENTATION as an overarching factor for the individual language biography that is useful to model the positioning of individuals in relation to the contact languages involved in a complex multilingual society. The results reveal a societal trend towards Germanic variants linked to the linguistic orientation of the participants towards German, mirroring sociolinguistic dynamics and changes.
AB - Luxembourgish is a Germanic language in Western Europe situated on the Germanic-Romance language border. The centuries-long multilingualism, that has included German and French as main contact languages, has led to much variation on all linguistic levels, yielding LEXICAL DOUBLETS – contact-induced synonym pairs. The study presents the results from the online Lëtzebuerger Futtballsprooch ‘Luxembourgish football language’ survey (n = 1189 participants), set up to analyze the distribution of the variants of lexical doublets in the special language of football in order to exemplify the mechanisms of contact-induced lexical variation in Luxembourgish as a whole. The variation is correlated with sociodemographic and language biographical factors (quantitative analysis, beta regression). The study also introduces LINGUISTIC ORIENTATION as an overarching factor for the individual language biography that is useful to model the positioning of individuals in relation to the contact languages involved in a complex multilingual society. The results reveal a societal trend towards Germanic variants linked to the linguistic orientation of the participants towards German, mirroring sociolinguistic dynamics and changes.
KW - Luxembourgish
KW - football language
KW - language contact
KW - lexical variation
KW - multilingualism
KW - quantitative sociolinguistics
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U2 - 10.1515/soci-2023-0009
DO - 10.1515/soci-2023-0009
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 231
EP - 256
JO - Sociolinguistica
JF - Sociolinguistica
SN - 1865-939X
IS - 2
ER -