Changing domains of dialect use: a real-time study of Shetland schoolchildren

Durham, Mercedes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9819-0687 2017. Changing domains of dialect use: a real-time study of Shetland schoolchildren. Hancil, Sylvie and Beal, Joan C., eds. Perspectives on Northern British Englishes, Vol. 96. Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL], Berlin/Munich/Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 245-272. (10.1515/9783110450903-011) Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

This paper considers the degree to which large-scale shifts in dialect use can be correlated with changes in domains of use. This is done by examining over 850 attitudinal questionnaires completed by Shetland schoolchildren in 1983 and in 2010. The longitudinal perspective is especially valuable here as there has been a widespread move away from the dialect in Shetland by the youngest generations in recent times. Comparing the data from the two periods makes it possible to examine the extent to which the dialect is concretely being used less and in what domains in particular this shift has taken place, but also whether the dialect is in fact more acceptable (even if not always used) in a wider range of domains than it was previously.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Publisher:	De Gruyter
ISBN:	9783110448658
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	9 July 2015
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2024 15:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/74715

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