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"In sociolinguistic studies, intralingual code-switching has been given less attention than most other areas, and linguists' attitudes towards the use of non-standard varieties still often suffer from fallacies of prescriptivism. 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 five chapters: ""Styles, Varieties and Language Formations"" presents a general discussion of language varieties, while ""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 requirements of sociolinguistic inquiry, the 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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Author:   Petr Sgall ,  Jirí Hronek ,  Alexandr Stich ,  Ján Horecký
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   39
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9789027215482

ISBN 10:   9027215480
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   01 July 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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