Sociophonological methods in the study of sociolinguistic variation in Viennese German

This paper surveys and illustrates ten years of research done on sociophonological variation in Viennese German from a methodological point of view. It shows how variants of the same word form are collected and analyzed and how two types of rules are differentiated: (1) phonostylistic (optional) pho...

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Published in:Language in society 1982-12, Vol.11 (3), p.339-370
Main Authors: Dressler, Wolfgang U., Wodak, Ruth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Austria
Defendants
Dialects
Formal speech
German language
German/Germany/Germans
Hermeneutics
Language
Linguistics
Phonology
Psychosociology
Social dialects
Social interaction
Social psychology
Sociolinguistic/Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Vienna
Vienna, Austria/Viennese
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Summary:This paper surveys and illustrates ten years of research done on sociophonological variation in Viennese German from a methodological point of view. It shows how variants of the same word form are collected and analyzed and how two types of rules are differentiated: (1) phonostylistic (optional) phonological rules of the fast/casual and formal hyperarticulate speech, both of Standard Austrian German and Viennese German Dialect; and (2) bidirectional input switch rules between these two strata. Psycholinguistic lab experiments are summarized, which vouch for the psychological reality of sociolinguistic concepts used. A theory of sociopsychological speech situations is described as well as the application of quantitative and qualitative sociolinguistic methods used. A major illustration of our approach is taken from the sociolinguistic study of defendants at court. The conclusion summarizes major claims.
ISSN:0047-4045
1469-8013
DOI:10.1017/S0047404500009350