Sociolinguistic features

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In response to several suggestions we have set up a little questionnaire on 28 sociolinguistic features. This will allow APiCS users to correlate our structural features with certain sociolinguistic features directly. Please go to the layout "Sociolinguistic data" which is accessible via one of the six blue buttons in the top line of the database questionnaire, or via the standard layout drop-down list in the left-hand side bar.

Contents 1 Features 1.1 General 1.2 Domains of use 1.3 Language Contact 1.4 Variation

Features

This is a list of the sociolinguistic features grouped by category.

General

1. Lexifier language

2. Native speakers

3. Ongoing creolization of pidgins

4. Increasing use

5. Language abandonment

6. Approximate size of speaker community

7. Gender-related use

Domains of use

8. Radio and TV news

9. Radio and TV call-ins/discussions

10. Music

11. Literature

12. Newspaper editorials

13. Other newspaper items

14. Public contexts

15. Court

16. Parliament

17. School

18. Electronic media

Language Contact

19. Contact with other languages

Variation

• Geographic variation

20. Phonology

21. Morphosyntax

22. Lexicon

• Urban/rural variation

23. Phonology

24. Morphosyntax

25. Lexicon

• Social variation

26. Phonology

27. Morphosyntax

28. Lexicon