Norms and the Study of Language in Social Life

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2022

Norms and the Study of Language in Social Life

Edited by: Janus Mortensen and Kamilla Kraft

Volume 24 in the series Language and Social Life [LSL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501511882

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Sociolinguistics and the social sciences more generally tend to take an interest in norms as central to social life. The importance of norms is easily discernible in the sociolinguistic canon, for instance in Labov’s definition of the speech community as ‘participation in a set of shared norms’ and Hymes’ concepts of ‘norms of interaction’ and ‘norms of interpretation’. Yet, while the notion of norms may play a central role in sociolinguistic theory, there is little explicit theoretical work around the notion of norms itself within the discipline. Instead, norms tend to be treated as conceptual primes – convenient building blocks, ready-made for sociolinguistic theorizing – rather than theoretical constructs in need of reflexive attention. The aim of this book is to assess and advance current understandings of norms as a theoretical construct and empirical object of research in the study of language in social life. The contributors approach the topic from a range of complementary disciplinary perspectives, including sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, EM/CA, socio-cognitive linguistics and pragmatics, to provide a multifaceted view of norms as a central concept in the study of language in social life.

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Janus Mortensen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Kamilla Kraft, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface and acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1 Introduction: ‘Behind a veil, unseen yet present’ – on norms in sociolinguistics and social life Janus Mortensen and Kamilla Kraft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Attitudes, norms and emergent communities Peter Harder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3 Norms, accountability and socialisation in a refugee language classroom Spencer Hazel and Dorte Lønsmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4 Norms in the making – exploring the norms of the teaching register selkosuomi in immigrant integration training classrooms in Finland Irina Piippo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5 Norms and stereotypes: Studying the emergence and sedimentation of social meaning Kamilla Kraft and Janus Mortensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6 Multilingual creativity and emerging norms in interaction: Towards a methodology for micro-diachronic analysis Marie-Luise Pitzl Open Access Download PDF	125
7 What’s in a sociolinguistic norm? The case of change in prevocalic /r/ in Received Pronunciation Anne Fabricius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
8 What we share: The impact of norms on successful interaction Meredith Marra, Janet Holmes and Bernadette Vine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
9 Normativity, language and Covid-19 Nikolas Coupland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers in Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, EM/CA, Applied linguistics, Sociology, Workplace Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 237
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Coloured Illustrations: 11
Keywords: Norms; Language Socialisation; Sociolinguistic Theory; Indexicalisation

eBook

Published: March 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781501511882

Hardcover

Published: April 4, 2022
ISBN: 9781501519147

Paperback

Published: October 24, 2023
ISBN: 9781501522048