Language in Ethiopia
Implications of a Survey for Sociolinguistic Theory and Method
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2904909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Lionel Bender, Robert L Cooper (0000-0001-7234-4361, San Diego State University), Charles A Ferguson (0009-0007-5655-2735, Stanford University) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-233 |
| Publication date | 1972-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500000506 |
| OpenAlex | W2157326401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 22 |
Work of the Language Survey of Ethiopia is drawn on to illustrate that social surveys can contribute to scientific theories and methods as well as to policy making. Findings with regard to four general problems are indicated: a metric of linguistic distance (considered here in terms of selection of diagnostic traits for linguistic areas, subgrouping of related languages, and dialect variation within a language; measurement of basic cognate frequencies; and testing of mutual intelligibility, a typology of the processes of language spread (lingua franca, mother tongue, superposed variety); verbal deference behavior (in use of Amharic second person pronouns); and pidginization (Simplified Italian of Ethiopia). Some comparisons to findings in sociolinguistics research elsewhere are made. (Language surveys; measurement of linguistic distance; language spread; social meaning and mode of address; pidginization
Amharic · Dialectology · Lingua franca · Linguistics · Pidgin · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Typology · Variation (astronomy) · Variety (cybernetics) · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
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Essays on the Problem of Tribe
The Pronouns of Power and Solidarity
Pidginization and creolization of languages
The Question of Language and Dialect in New Guinea
Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada
Obtaining an Index of Phonological Differentiation from the Construction of Non-Existent Minimax Systems
Lexico-Statistical Skewing from Dialect Borrowing
Mutual intelligibility within Sidamo
Functional Aspects of Indian Bilingualism
Language Maintenance and Language Shift as a Field of Inquiry. A Definition of the Field and Suggestions for Its Further Development
Language maintenance and language shift as a field of inquiry
Ethiopian Semitic
Quantitative Classification of Indo-European Languages
Language in Ethiopia
Language Questions in Censuses
A Sociolinguistic Census of a Bilingual Neighborhood
Lexicostatistics So Far
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2021 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |