Language ideology in an endogamous society

The case of Daghestan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3637969
AutoresNina Dobrushina (0000-0002-4559-4274, Institute for Finno‐Ugric/Uralic Studies University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas159-176
Fecha de publicación2023-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josl.12590
OpenAlexW4306411020
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas23

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

Endogamy · Ethnic group · Etymology · Exogamy · Geography · Ideology · Indigenous · Language ideology · Language shift · Linguistics · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology