The impact of language ideologies on register distinctions in multilingual contexts (C07)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics ; Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 416591334

Project C07 investigates how language ideologies impact register distinctions. It contributes to models of register knowledge by incorporating the role of societal contexts. The main focus is on multilingual contexts, where speakers can draw on resources from different languages for register marking. Building on our findings on register distinctions and perceptions from Phase 1, we compare societal macro contexts with a mono- vs. multilingual societal habitus. We investigate the impact of language ideologies at the meso level of speech communities and the micro level of speakers’ linguistic practices, comparing register distinctions in Germany, Namibia, Singapore, and Australia.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1412: Register: Language-Users’ Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Project Heads: Dr. Oliver Bunk; Dr. Antje Sauermann; Professorin Dr. Heike Wiese