Generic 'du' in time and context: A study of intra-individual variation and change
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Generic 'du' in time and context : A study of intra-individual variation and change. / Jensen, Torben Juel.
Creativity and continuity: Perspectives on the dynamics of language conventionalization. ed. / Dorthe Duncker; Bettina Perregaard. Copenhagen : U Press, 2017. p. 209-234.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Generic 'du' in time and context
AU - Jensen, Torben Juel
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This article considers the way individual speakers respond to a macro-level process of language change: an increased use of the second-person pronoun du for generic reference. Real time panel studies show that life span change is much more common than is often assumed, particularly among adult speakers, and that variation also prevails within a micro-diachronic perspective (between conversations recorded within a few months, and even within the same conversation). The results emphasise that great caution should be exercised when taking the difference between two pieces of attested language use as an indication of a difference in grammar, underscoring the need for taking context into account in a much more fine-grained way than has been common in variational sociolinguistics.
AB - This article considers the way individual speakers respond to a macro-level process of language change: an increased use of the second-person pronoun du for generic reference. Real time panel studies show that life span change is much more common than is often assumed, particularly among adult speakers, and that variation also prevails within a micro-diachronic perspective (between conversations recorded within a few months, and even within the same conversation). The results emphasise that great caution should be exercised when taking the difference between two pieces of attested language use as an indication of a difference in grammar, underscoring the need for taking context into account in a much more fine-grained way than has been common in variational sociolinguistics.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - sproglig variation og forandring
KW - grammatik
KW - pronominer
KW - dansk
KW - intra-individual variation
KW - language variation and change
KW - intra-individual variation
KW - lifespan language change
KW - pronouns
KW - Danish
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-87-93060-39-5
SP - 209
EP - 234
BT - Creativity and continuity
A2 - Duncker, Dorthe
A2 - Perregaard, Bettina
PB - U Press
CY - Copenhagen
Y2 - 25 January 2012 through 26 January 2012
ER -
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