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{"title":"Ethnographic dramas: Who can engage in critical reflections?","authors":"Rommy Anabalon Schaaf","doi":"10.1111/josl.12594","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12594","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 2","pages":"208-217"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45860297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan","authors":"Nina Dobrushina","doi":"10.1111/josl.12590","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12590","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Studies of multilingual systems found in Indigenous small-scale communities often assume that exogamous marriages are the norm in such societies and contribute to their linguistic diversity. This paper is an account of the language ideology of endogamous societies in rural highland Daghestan (Northeast Caucasus). By studying language policing and language choice in infrequent mixed marriages, the paper uncovers the beliefs that support endogamy and reveals issues of linguistic identity and attitudes toward the usage of the matrilect within the family and the village. Interviews show that in-married women do not bring new languages to the villages, because they quickly acquire the local language new to them and use it with all their in-laws and their children. A strong association between villages and languages together with the ideology supporting linguistic homogeneity within the village contributes to the maintenance of the regional linguistic diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 2","pages":"159-176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/josl.12590","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44276018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Linguistics in pursuit of justice. John Baugh. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press. 2018. 238 pp. Hardback (9781107153455) 116.00 USD, Paperback (9781316607312) 31.99 USD, Ebook (9781108582254) 26.00 USD","authors":"Jamie A. Thomas","doi":"10.1111/josl.12593","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12593","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 2","pages":"198-203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46703771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Signs of difference: Language and ideology in social life. Susan Gal and Judith T. Irvine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019. 319 pp. Paperback (9781108741293) 20.99 GBP","authors":"Haley De Korne","doi":"10.1111/josl.12595","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12595","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"26 5","pages":"680-683"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47212135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global English and political economy. John P. O'Regan, London: Routledge. 2021. 282 pp. Hardback (9781138811119) 120.00 GBP, Paperback (9781138811126) 34.99 GBP, Ebook (9781315749334) 31.49 GBP","authors":"Joseph Sung-Yul Park","doi":"10.1111/josl.12592","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12592","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 3","pages":"308-311"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47071577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Swear(ING) ain't play(ING): The interaction of taboo language and the sociolinguistic variable","authors":"Matthew Hunt,&nbsp;Colleen Cotter,&nbsp;Hazel Pearson,&nbsp;Linnaea Stockall","doi":"10.1111/josl.12588","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12588","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Swearwords influence social evaluation of a speaker in a variety of ways depending on social context (Jay &amp; Janschewitz (2008), The pragmatics of swearing. <i>Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture</i>, 4(2), 267–288). Little attention has been paid to the role of linguistic variation in social perceptions of swearing, however. This paper presents two experiments that test the role of sociolinguistic variation in the social evaluation of swearing. Experiment 1 is a variant categorization task, in which participants categorized acoustically ambiguous swearwords and phonetically matching neutral and nonwords as ending in either “-ing” or “-in.” Results suggest that swearwords led participants to hear “-ing” on ambiguous items. Experiment 2 is a matched-guise task in which listeners heard a passage featuring a mix of swearwords and neutral “-ing” words in one of four conditions: fully velar (<i>All-ing</i>), fully alveolar (<i>All-in</i>), only swearwords as velar (<i>Swear-ing</i>), or only neutral words as velar (<i>Swear-in</i>). Participants rated speakers on Likert scales (Schleef et al. (2017), Regional diversity in social perceptions of (ING). <i>Language Variation and Change</i>, 29(1), 29–56). Participants again displayed a tendency towards hearing “-ing” on swearwords. As a result, responses to the <i>Swear-in</i> guises were similar to those for the <i>All-ing</i> guises. The consequences for our understanding of swearing, sociolinguistic perception and cognition, and style, are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 2","pages":"136-158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/josl.12588","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48944474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The language ideologies of multilingual nannies in London","authors":"Rachelle Vessey,&nbsp;Elena Nicolai","doi":"10.1111/josl.12589","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12589","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the globalized economy, multilingualism is increasingly perceived as a way of maximizing competitiveness, even in the family home. In the United Kingdom, multilingualism has become an asset for nannies, granting privileged access to a niche job market. Adopting the theoretical lens of language ideology, we identify sites and forms of language evaluation within the nannies’ discursive construction of their language work. Using thematic analysis of interview and focus group data with nannies, we examine how nannies represent their English and L1 language practices, verbalizations, and embodiments. Findings suggest that, rather than language practices, it is the verbalization of the symbolic value of multilingualism (normally through the medium of English) that grants nannies an advantageous position in the market. This market is made possible by upper-middle-class families, whose privileging of specific languages and speakers perpetuates eliteness, gendered language work, and problematic approaches to second language learning.</p><p>Nell'economia globalizzata, il multilinguismo è sempre più percepito come un modo per massimizzare la competitività, anche in ambito familiare. Nel Regno Unito, il multilinguismo è diventato una risorsa per le “nannies” (tate), garantendo loro un accesso privilegiato a un mercato del lavoro di nicchia. Adottando la lente teorica dell'ideologia linguistica, identifichiamo i luoghi e le forme di valutazione linguistica all'interno della costruzione discorsiva del lavoro delle “nannies”. Utilizzando l'analisi tematica dei dati delle interviste e dei focus group con le “nannies”, esaminiamo il modo in cui queste ultime rappresentano le loro pratiche linguistiche, verbalizzazioni e incarnazioni dell'inglese e della L1. I risultati suggeriscono che, più che le pratiche linguistiche, è la verbalizzazione del valore simbolico del multilinguismo attraverso l'inglese a garantire alle “nannies” una posizione di vantaggio sul mercato. Questo mercato è reso possibile da famiglie di classe medio-alta, il cui privilegio di lingue e parlanti specifici perpetua l'elitarismo, il lavoro linguistico di genere e approcci problematici all'apprendimento di una seconda lingua.</p>","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 3","pages":"221-244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47007168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Language in the process of labour market rationalisation: A sociohistorical approach across twentieth-century Spain","authors":"Amado Alarcón Alarcón,&nbsp;Maria Jesús Muiños Villaverde,&nbsp;Maria de los Ángeles Serrano Alonso,&nbsp;Josiah Heyman","doi":"10.1111/josl.12587","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12587","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article analyses the role of linguistic skills in the process of defining professional classifications in Spain during 1919–1980. The aim is to determine the social evaluation of the skills involved. To retrace the classifications, a total of 114 official documents were examined, establishing a chronological division into three major stages: 1920–1940, 1940–1960 and 1960–1980. The first period (1920–1940) shows efforts toward the initial objectification of working conditions and salary scales, revealing social prejudices and tacit conventions shaping the employment hierarchy, while the second one (1940–1960) indicates the extent to which office work stood out over manual work. Finally, the third stage (1960–1980) shows processes of language rationalisation, which entailed attempts to standardise positions based on required skill sets.</p>","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 2","pages":"115-135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/josl.12587","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45761497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Politeness as signs of difference: Semiotic differentiation and identity among Taiwanese in China","authors":"Hsi-Yao Su","doi":"10.1111/josl.12585","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12585","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines a prevalent discourse on Taiwanese politeness as part and parcel of identity and ideological work among Taiwanese residing in China. Using as data spontaneous discussions about politeness in interviews and online forum posts that evaluate politeness, this study explores how politeness is taken up as a sign to index Taiwan–China differences and how identity is simultaneously constructed throughout this ideological work, focusing on the succession of semiotic differentiations within or across talks and texts. Throughout this process, various qualitative contrasts are made and grouped by the soft/hard schema, and differentiation between Taiwan and China is constructed. The study also considers relevant historical and social conditions and explores how the complex Taiwan–China relations may give rise to the prevalence of such a discourse.</p>","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 1","pages":"66-86"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/josl.12585","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48010869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Routledge handbook of language and superdiversity. Angela Creese, and Adrian Blackledge (Eds). New York/London: Routledge. 2018. xlv + 536 pp. Hardback (9781138905092) 152 GBP, Paperback (9780367783969) 31.99 GBP, Ebook (9781315696010) 31.99 GBP","authors":"Yaron Matras","doi":"10.1111/josl.12586","DOIUrl":"10.1111/josl.12586","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sociolinguistics","volume":"27 5","pages":"546-550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45660893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}