Language Varieties Between Norms and Attitudes

Anita Peti-Stantic

ISBN 10: 3631662564 / ISBN 13: 9783631662564

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2015, 2015

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Neuware -This volume brings together thirteen articles presented at the 27 International Conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society held in Dubrovnik in 2013. The authors explore four groups of issues: stability and change at the intersection of the standard and other varieties; language policy and language attitudes in relation to the status of L1 and L2; bilingualism and multilingualism; translation solutions reaffirming and/or establishing the norm. The articles focus on the contemporary Croatian and Slovenian sociolinguistic situation, relating it to the current situation in Europe. 236 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Varieties Between Norms and Attitudes
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631662564
• ISBN 13: 9783631662564
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 18D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 423 grams

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Synopsis

This volume brings together thirteen articles presented at the 27th International Conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society held in Dubrovnik in 2013. The authors explore four groups of issues: stability and change at the intersection of the standard and other varieties; language policy and language attitudes in relation to the status of L1 and L2; bilingualism and multilingualism; translation solutions reaffirming and/or establishing the norm. The articles focus on the contemporary Croatian and Slovenian sociolinguistic situation, relating it to the current situation in Europe.

About the Author

Anita Peti-Stantić is a Full Professor at the Department of South Slavic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Her primary research interests include historical and contemporary Slavic sociolinguistics, information structure and the hierarchy of grammatical structures, especially in populations such as aphasics, children and second language learners.
Mateusz-Milan Stanojević is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. His primary research interests include cognitive grammar, conceptual metaphor, English as a Lingua Franca and online teaching.
Goranka Antunović is an Associate Professor at the Scandinavian Section of the English Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Her primary research interests are in the field of translation studies, in particular translation norms and process studies, and Croatian-Swedish contrastive linguistics.