Theoretical Principles of Conflict Linguistics and Their Contribution to the Analysis of the Relationship between the Ideology of Standard and the Ideology of Dialect Cover Image

Teorijska načela konfliktne lingvistike i njihov doprinos tumačenju odnosa između ideologije standarda i ideologije dijalekt
Theoretical Principles of Conflict Linguistics and Their Contribution to the Analysis of the Relationship between the Ideology of Standard and the Ideology of Dialect

Author(s): Sanja Škifić
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Philology
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: conflict linguistics; theoretical principles; ideology of standards; ideology of dialect;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the basic theoretical principles of conflict linguistics. Following the elaboration of the universal principles which can be applied to a whole range of sociolinguistic situations of conflict, special attention is paid to the analysis of the possibilities of applying such general principles to the analyses of language conflict between the ideology of standard and the ideology of dialects. Although most research into linguistic conflict has been carried out on the basis of the analyses of the relationship between majority and minority language varieties, the paper presents the arguments on the basis of which it is possible to argue the validity of using the same principles in order to provide a more exhaustive explanation of the various types of relationships that may hold between the standard and nonstandard. The paper closes with an overview of research of English standard and nonstandard varieties the results of which can be further elaborated following the theoretical principles of conflict linguistics.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 61-77
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Croatian