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Do monolingual countries exist?

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NO.

- even a very unified country like german has many different language communities in it

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What is Bilingualism

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  • allows an individual to function at some level in more than one language
  • Same as Multilingualism
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What is code switching?

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Switching from one language to another

- Extremely common and normal for people who control more than one language

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Is anyone monolingual?

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NO. everyone controls multiple varieties of their native language

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Choosing the right code is NOT the same as…

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choosing the correct grammar

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What is a balanced bilingual?

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Equal abilities in multiple Ls - VERY RARE

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What determines the code we select

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The social context

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typical interaction

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Are called Domains

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What are th 5 domains of typical interaction discovered by Joshua Fishman

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Home, education, employment, religion, friendship

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What is happening with Guarani in Paraguay

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  • interesting multilingualism
  • half were bilingual (guarnani and spanish)
  • 40% monolingual Guarani
  • 10% spanish
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What is the functional distribution in paraguay

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Guarani - less formal situations - friendship, family, education
Spanish - More formal: Religion, employment, education
= NO competition called functional specialization

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Bilingualism can lead to…

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  • Language loss
  • Diffusion – certain features spread from one language to the other language
  • After many years even syntax can be affected
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Which levels of languages are quickly changed? which are stubborn?

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  • phonology is the easiest to change
  • morphology is stubborn but does change
  • syntax is the most resistant to change
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Explain the Example in the village of Kupwar about how bilingualism affects languages

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• 4 languages are spoken:
o Marathi (lowest class/caste) & Urdu (Muslims)
o Kannada (highest class/caste)
o Telugu (rope makers)
• Trilingualism is normal
• Consequence: convergence of varieties (syntax)
• Lexicon distinguishes varieties

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who coined the term Diglossia

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• Charles Ferguson

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what are the 3 features of diglossia according to Charles Ferguson

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  1. 2 varieties of the same L in the community, HIGH (h)-official L & LOW(L) - spoken at home
  2. They have Distinct functions (no overlap)
  3. No High language for everyday communication
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Example of a diglossia

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  • Everyone learns standard german (H) in school but they use swiss german (L) to talk to their family
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What are the 5 characteristics of Diglossia

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1) Persistency
2) Functional Distribution
3) Prestige
4) Literary Heritage
5) All members learn (L) variety

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Explain Persistency

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– every diglossia is a societal arrangement that persists for several generations

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Explain Functional Distribution

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  • the functions that each language fulfills do not overlap so there is no competition between the languages
    ex. England after the Norman Conquest (english and French)
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What did Jeffery Chaucer do?

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broke the diglossia when he wrote a book in English not french

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Explain Prestige

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  • the high variety must have power while the low variety lacks said power
  • H language = codified
    ex. Swiss german doesn’t have same political power as standard german
    ex 2. mennonites use german bible but they don’t understand it
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What is literary Heritage

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  • because there is literature in that language, the high language is referred to as representing the language itself
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Give example of where all speakers must learn the LOW variety

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Haiti : everyone knows the creole, not everyone speaks the standard L french

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What is a Leaking Diglossia
- when there is one or two points that are not totally fulfilled - but it is more a diglossia than not
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how is diglossia associated with social distinction?
• Diglossia reinforces social distinctiono E.g. Haiti – women are not given opportunity to learn standard French - extending the high L is threat to power structure!
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What is a narrow diglossia
– Low is related to high | ex. standard german and swiss german
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What is a broad diglossia (fishman's extension)
- Low and high are not related | Ex. Paraguay (Guarani and spanish)
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What happens when there is contact b/w high and low
* High lexical items in low variety | * Result = admixture of high vocab in low variety
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What is a Doublet
two words referring to the same object o E.g. England (11th – 11th century): - English spoken by farm people, French language of nobility - Animals were given names by English farmers but once the meet reaches the higher classes they rename it
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What are the 4 possible mixtures of bilingualism and diglossia (since they aren't the same thing!) and examples
1) bilingualism and diglossia - paraguay 2) bilingualism without diglossia - modern Germany 3) Diglossia without bilingualism - Arabic countries 4) neither - monolingual parts of US
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What is Inter-sensational code-switching
changing codes “at sentence or clause boundaries"
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What is Intra-sentential code-switching (or as some scholars call it- code mixing)
switching mid sentence/clause
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What are the two types of code switching?
1) Situational (transactional) | 2) Metaphorical (non-situational)
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Give an example of situational code-switching
- E.g. hemnesberget - 2 varieties: Bokmal (official), Ranamal (casual- vernacular) - seeing a friend at a bank: as the topic changes from informal to formal, the situation changes and then the code changes
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What Metaphorical code-switching? | example?
when you want to emphasize something/ achieve a special effect, or to show your belonging to a group Ex. Norwegian teacher delivering a lecture in Bokmal, then switching to Ranamal to encourage discussion (the subject stays the same but the tone of the conversation has changed)
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How can selecting a code be?
o Major identity marker that can be used as a tool to establish, cross or destroy social boundaries o Symbol of power that can create, evoke or change interpersonal relations (refusing to code switch can determine relationship with other person)
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Who can selecting a code be used as a political expression? | example?
• To assert a right (demanding to be served in French in ontario) • To resist some other power - Using Welsh in Wales • To claim a political identity , -E.g. Russian in Ukrainian setting
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Give example of how code-switching can be used as a tool to express solidarity
- E.g. re-creolized varieties in the UK - E.g. Puerto Rican community in NY – a mixed code became accepted and established. - E.g. Strasbourg (b/w Germany and france) – it's a sign of local identity to switch b/w french and german
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What did Dominican American high school students do to establish identity?
They created a code that alternates b/w spanish and english
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What is Tag Switching?
• people don't fully switch to the other L but use tags - Tags: interjections, sentence filters (i.e. isn't it) • Tags are solidarity markers between two minority group members
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What is Quotational Switching
• Referential – switches codes to QUOTE another speaker - Creates the impression that those are the exact words that were - tells us something about their identity
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Is code switching uniform? | example?
NO, there is a lot of variation from community to community and within communities
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How does code-switching vary in a Puerto Rican community in new jersey?
1. Code-switch freely both in everyday talk & formal meetings 2. Speak only Spanish on formal occasions, code-switch in informal talk 3. Speak mainly English , code witch with small children or neighbours
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What are some attitudes towards code-switching
• Puristic views - critical of code-switching • Ex. Derogatory names: -franglais, tex-mex, Spanglish • Resistance to code-switching
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Code Switchers...
- sophisticated knowledge of both codes - Aware of community norms - Is a source of pride
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What is the equivalence constraint model of code switching?
o If the two languages share points in their grammatical structure we can only code switch at that point but if they do not share strutures code-switching will not occur
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What is the Markedness Model? (Carol Myers-scotton)
- Speakers have marked & unmarked choices - Marked choice is unexpected, unmarked is the norm - These choices vary by situation ex. Variety A is the unmarked choice when meeting someone, but once you know them you can switch to variety B e.g. English vs indigenous Ls in Nigeria • When pulled over code switching to English is a better strategy because it shows your status
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Is marked and unmarked the same as high and low?
NO
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What is the Matrix Language Frame Model (Carol Myers-scotton)
when you code switch the dominant -frame/matrix language provides the structure/syntax - The dominated language (embedded language) provides the words/lexical items
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What is a matched guise test*
• A person is bilingual in both X & Y, he/she is judged when speaking X vs. Y while the listener doesn't know they are the same person -reveals social stereotypes about these languages
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What was lambert's Study
- Studied Perception of bilingual canadians by English canadians RESULTS: - EC males viewed Female french speakers as more intelligent, confident, courageous, sincere - EC females viewed Males speaking in English as taller, likeable, affectionate, greater sense of humour
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What is accommodation?
• Speakers try to accommodate to the expectations of others • May be deliberate of unconscious • Almost always a sign of solidarity - reducing differences (u like them), increasing differences (don't like them)
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divergent accommodation
• Increase differences | ex. recreolization
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convergent accommodation
• Decrease differences | ex. decreolization
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What is the Cost-benefit relationship
we give up something because we want something in return
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Why can accommodation be bad?
theoretically if every speaker accommodates to the more powerful group, their variety would die

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