[Linganth] today on the CaMP anthropology blog

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,

Danko Šipka discusses his book, *Lexical Layers of Identity: Words,
Meaning, and Culture in the Slavic Languages *with Nikolina Zenovic today
on the CaMP anthropology blog.


https://campanthropology.org

Best,

Ilana

Press blurb:
Focusing on Slavic languages, Danko Šipka provides a systematic approach to
lexical indicators of cultural identity. In contrast to existing research,
which focuses heavily on syntactic and phonological approaches, Šipka's
approach is novel, more systematic and encompassing, and postulates three
lexical layers of cultural identity: deep, exchange, and surface. The deep
layer pertains to culture-specific words, divisions, and features that are
generally not subject to change and intervention. The exchange layer
includes lexical markers of cultural influences resulting from lexical
borrowing, which situates the speakers into various cultural circles. This
layer is subject to gradual changes and some limited level of intervention
from linguistic elites is possible. Finally, the surface layer encompasses
the processes and consequences of lexical planning. It is subject to abrupt
changes and it is shaped in constant negotiation between linguistic elites
and general body of speakers.
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