Language variation in Slovene

Bitenc, Maja; Kenda-Jež, Karmen

doi:10.1075/silv.17.03bit

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“…Additionally, Slovene has a long history of serving as an L-language in diglossic relations with German, Italian, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian. Furthermore, the standardization of the written and 1 Two adult female informants are presented in detail in Bitenc and Kenda-Jež (2015). 2…”

Section: The Sociolinguistic Situation In Slovenia and The Idrija Regionmentioning

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Variation of Spoken Slovene in the Case of Geographically Mobile Speakers

Bitenc

2023

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Based on the pioneering variationist research on Slovene language material, the article explores the authentic language use of speakers of the Cerkno dialect who commute daily or weekly to work or school in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana. The research corpus comprises excerpts from informants’ full-day audio self-recordings, selected to represent variation of location, interlocutors, and conversation topic. Through a quantitative analysis of five phonological variables, the study reveals distinct language strategies with speakers of other varieties, resulting in a classification of one code-switcher, three code-mixers, and one dialect speaker language strategies employed by the informants when communicating with speakers of other varieties, resulting in a classification of code-switchers, code-mixers and dialect speakers. Furthermore, the qualitative data derived from interviews shed light on various sociopsychological aspects of the focal topic, such as the informants’ perception of their own speech behaviour, their experiences with language use, and their language attitudes, providing deeper insights into their language variability and highlighting the intricacies of language choice and interpersonal communication.

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Section: The Sociolinguistic Situation In Slovenia and The Idrija Regionmentioning

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Variation of Spoken Slovene in the Case of Geographically Mobile Speakers

Bitenc

2023

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“…According to researches, within which the opinions on and beliefs about the relationship between standard and non-standard varieties have been considered (Tivadar & Tivadar, 2015;Smolej, 2016;Bitenc, 2016;Kenda Jež, 2015;Smole, 2009;Skubic, 2003Skubic, , 2005Kalin Golob, 2008), some typical attitudes to the standard language and its relationship with non-standard varieties can be recognised. By some speakers, 15 the standard language is still accepted as the most valued and hierarchically highest variety, with no regard to the specific circumstances.…”

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The importance of intra-linguistic diversity in teaching Slovenian as the first language

Vogel

2019

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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In recent decades, Slovenian sociolinguistic situation and within the functions of different language varieties have dramatically changed. In spite of this process, the standard language remains a language variety that enables an individual to participate equally in educational and public life. As the Slovenian schools are not successful enough in developing of the discursive flexibility and mastering of the standard language, in the article, the functions of Standard language in modern Slovenian-speaking society is described; the specific groups of primary Slovenian language speakers are defined, and some solutions for improving the first language learning are suggested. In 1990’s, in opposite to the prevailing traditional structural language-stratification theory, the new classification of the primary sociolects, based on the English functional linguistics, by A. E. Skubic was represented. According to his theory, the sociolects are defined as non-hierarchically ordered cultivated or marginal language varieties that are used and identified with by different social groups. Based on Skubic’s classification, two main groups of primary-Slovenian language speakers can be described. The speakers of the cultivated primary sociolects are mostly self-confident users of language, identifying themselves with the main culture. In opposite, the speakers of the marginal sociolects could be de-privileged due to their linguistic deficit in standard language and micro-cultural discursive patterns, used in educational or public contexts. As it is suggested, to improve students’ linguistic competence and diminish deficits, the discursive flexibility should be understood as a complex awareness, consisting of cognitive, emotional-evaluative and active dimensions. Therefore, the basic principle of first language teaching should become the extended holistic principle, emphasizing the inclusion of standard and different non-standard language varieties, observation of their different functions in specific communicative situations and reflection about the complex context, that can be implemented to first language teaching in all basic phases of learning.

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Self-translation of academic discourse: the attitudes and experiences of authors-translators

Peterlin

2018

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Language variation in Slovene

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Variation of Spoken Slovene in the Case of Geographically Mobile Speakers

Variation of Spoken Slovene in the Case of Geographically Mobile Speakers

The importance of intra-linguistic diversity in teaching Slovenian as the first language

Self-translation of academic discourse: the attitudes and experiences of authors-translators

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