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Lexical layers of identity : words, meaning, and culture in the Slavic languages / Danko �Sipka

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Copyright date: �2019Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108606325
  • 1108606326
  • 9781108685795
  • 110868579X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lexical layers of identity.DDC classification:
  • 491.8/042 23
LOC classification:
  • PG319.5 .S54 2019eb
Online resources:
Contents:
A conceptual map -- Relevant research traditions -- Research methodology -- Lexeme-level culture-bound words, divisions, and features -- Lexicon-based culture-bound field density -- Stability and change -- Cultural influences -- Geographical contact -- Inbound and outbound exchange -- Attitudes -- Interaction between the layers -- Main findings -- An outlook
Summary: Focusing on Slavic languages, Danko �Sipka provides a systematic approach to lexical indicators of cultural identity. In contrast to existing research, which focuses heavily on syntactic and phonological approaches, �Sipka's approach is novel, more systematic and encompassing, and postulates three lexical layers of cultural identity: deep, exchange, and surface. The deep layer pertains to culture-specific words, divisions, and features that are generally not subject to change and intervention. The exchange layer includes lexical markers of cultural influences resulting from lexical borrowing, which situates the speakers into various cultural circles. This layer is subject to gradual changes and some limited level of intervention from linguistic elites is possible. Finally, the surface layer encompasses the processes and consequences of lexical planning. It is subject to abrupt changes and it is shaped in constant negotiation between linguistic elites and general body of speakers
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Focusing on Slavic languages, Danko �Sipka provides a systematic approach to lexical indicators of cultural identity. In contrast to existing research, which focuses heavily on syntactic and phonological approaches, �Sipka's approach is novel, more systematic and encompassing, and postulates three lexical layers of cultural identity: deep, exchange, and surface. The deep layer pertains to culture-specific words, divisions, and features that are generally not subject to change and intervention. The exchange layer includes lexical markers of cultural influences resulting from lexical borrowing, which situates the speakers into various cultural circles. This layer is subject to gradual changes and some limited level of intervention from linguistic elites is possible. Finally, the surface layer encompasses the processes and consequences of lexical planning. It is subject to abrupt changes and it is shaped in constant negotiation between linguistic elites and general body of speakers

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-256) and index

A conceptual map -- Relevant research traditions -- Research methodology -- Lexeme-level culture-bound words, divisions, and features -- Lexicon-based culture-bound field density -- Stability and change -- Cultural influences -- Geographical contact -- Inbound and outbound exchange -- Attitudes -- Interaction between the layers -- Main findings -- An outlook

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