[Lingtyp] Identity in language from the cross-linguiststic perspective

[Geoffrey Khan]

Dear Ilja,

In Semitic the phenomenon of dialectal differences between different 
religious communities is relevant to your question. Muslim, Jews and 
Christians often speak/spoke very different dialects (e.g. of Arabic and 
Aramaic) even when living in close geographical contact. The main 
driving force for this differentiation is clearly communal identity. I 
attach a recent paper that includes a discussion of this,

best wishes

Geoffrey

On 9/23/2020 10:26 AM, Ilja Seržant wrote:
> Dear typologists,
>
> can you recommend me papers that would describe (and perhaps even 
> generalize) on how language may be used in different areas and 
> typologically for a conscious or unconscious self-identification and 
> group-identification in the social environement? (I do realize that 
> this formulation is a bit fuzzy; sorry, I am not a specialist in 
> sociolinguistic typology). (I am already aware of work by Trudgill, 
> Golovko and Aikhenvald (on Vaupés))
>
> Any hint would be greatly appreciated!
> Best,
>
> Ilja
>
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