838008454 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code AILA 24 Pb 15 9789027239969 BC 01 AILA 02 1461-0213 AILA Review 24 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Applied Folk Linguistics</TitleText> 01 aila.24 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/aila.24 1 B01 Antje Wilton Wilton, Antje Antje Wilton University of Siegen 2 B01 Martin Stegu Stegu, Martin Martin Stegu Vienna University of Economics and Business 01 eng 119 iii 115 LAN009000 v.2006 CJA 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.APPL Applied linguistics 06 01 Within applied linguistics, a number of approaches consider the ideas that lay people have about language-related topics. Taking those ideas as a serious object of research is essentially what can be subsumed under the folk linguistics approach. This issue of the AILA Review connects the study of folk beliefs about language(s), language learning and communication to the field of applied linguistics. It discusses current research and studies addressing applied folk linguistic topics and their relevance for the understanding of people’s language-related everyday problems on the one hand and the practical application of those insights to such everyday problems on the other. The issue considers theoretical foundations, empirical methods and practical solutions derived from folk linguistic investigation. The contributions cover a wide range of thematic fields for which the study of folk beliefs is essential, among them language learning and teaching, language policy, language variation, multilingualism and diachronic developments in language assessment. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/aila.24.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027239969.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027239969.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/aila.24.pb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/aila.24.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/aila.24.pb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/aila.24.pb.png 10 01 JB code aila.24.01art Section header 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Articles</TitleText> 10 01 JB code aila.24.01wil 1 14 14 Article 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Bringing the ‘folk’ into applied linguistics</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">An introduction</Subtitle> 1 A01 Antje Wilton Wilton, Antje Antje Wilton University of Siegen 2 A01 Martin Stegu Stegu, Martin Martin Stegu Vienna University of Economics and Business 01 As applied linguistics is mainly concerned with solving the language-related problems of laypeople, the examination of folk views constitutes an important research field and its relevance is illustrated in this issue of the AILA review. In this introductory article, we address some of the more general aspects that need to be considered in the scientific investigation of folk views of language and communication. Among those aspects are the nature and significance of folk knowledge and folk attitudes for applied linguistics, the social construction of the roles of expert, scientist and layperson, and the connection between folk linguistic research and other related approaches. As a general introduction into the topic, this contribution prepares the ground for the other articles collected in this issue. 10 01 JB code aila.24.02pre 15 39 25 Article 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Methods in (applied) folk linguistics</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Getting into the minds of the folk</Subtitle> 1 A01 Dennis R. Preston Preston, Dennis R. Dennis R. Preston Oklahoma State University 01 This paper deals with data gathering and interpretation in folk linguistics, but, as the parenthetical title suggests, it is not limited to any prejudged notion of what approaches or techniques might be most relevant to the wide variety of concerns encompassed by applied linguistics. 10 01 JB code aila.24.03pav 40 54 15 Article 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Do non-linguists practice linguistics?</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">An anti-eliminative approach to folk theories</Subtitle> 1 A01 Marie-Anne Paveau Paveau, Marie-Anne Marie-Anne Paveau University of Paris 13 01 This contribution discusses two issues: (a) it provides a definition and an analysis of the term “non-linguist“, which is conceptualized as a non-discrete category on a continuum and as an activity rather than as a permanent status, and (b) it discusses the general value of folk linguistic theories, which should not, despite their potential imperfections, be a priori excluded from but rather integrated into the scientific data of linguistics. The article will also present a provisional typology of folk linguistic positions based on recent empirical research on folk linguistics conducted by the author. Finally, a plea is made for a new description of the object of linguistics, incorporating the different varieties and degrees of linguistic knowledge ranging from scientific to folk conceptions. 10 01 JB code aila.24.04wil 55 67 13 Article 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Linking past and present</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">A view of historical comments about language</Subtitle> 1 A01 Antje Wilton Wilton, Antje Antje Wilton University of Siegen 2 A01 Holger Wochele Wochele, Holger Holger Wochele Vienna University of Economics and Business 01 In this paper, we focus on comments on language issues from a historical perspective. The concept of the layperson (non-linguist) is discussed to identify laypeople and lay comments in history when the modern concept of a linguist did not yet exist. Two studies show how the historical perspective complements modern research on folk linguistics. <br />Firstly, historical comments about Latin will be put in relation to comments about English, focusing on their roles as linguae francae and exploring the potential and application of the ‘Latin Analogy’. <br />Secondly, an analysis of language appraisal texts of French and Romanian from 1500 to the present shows that the topoi used are still reflected in today’s perception of the languages by their native speakers, affecting the attractiveness of the languages for second language learners. 10 01 JB code aila.24.05jan 68 77 10 Article 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Communication and understanding</TitleText> 1 A01 Karol Janicki Janicki, Karol Karol Janicki University of Bergen 01 This article consists of two sections: in the first one, I discuss one of the most prevalent lay myths in the Western world with respect to communication and understanding, namely, the view that meaning resides in words and that it is transmitted from one language user to another in a conduit, as it were. In the second section, I refer to my own research illustrating the prevalence of the myth in question in a variety of domains, for instance, in politics and academia. I also refer briefly to my own empirical studies on the role that communicational and understanding problems play, in the opinion of the lay language user, in a variety of social contexts. 10 01 JB code aila.24.06cru 78 87 10 Article 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">First language acquisition and teaching</TitleText> 1 A01 Madalena Cruz-Ferreira Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena Madalena Cruz-Ferreira 01 “First language acquisition” commonly means the acquisition of a single language in childhood, regardless of the number of languages in a child’s natural environment. Language acquisition is variously viewed as predetermined, wondrous, a source of concern, and as developing through formal processes. “First language teaching” concerns schooling in the language that is intended to become the child’s first (or “main”) one. Mainstream teaching practices similarly take languages as formal objects, focusing on literacy skills, so-called phonological awareness, and other teaching about the language. This article gives a first overview of folk beliefs associated with language acquisition and teaching, highlighting whether and how they can guide applied linguists’ concerns about child language development and early pedagogical practices. 10 01 JB code aila.24.07pas 88 99 12 Article 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Folk beliefs about second language learning and teaching</TitleText> 1 A01 Michael Pasquale Pasquale, Michael Michael Pasquale Cornerstone University 01 What do students and teachers believe about the second language learning process? What if these beliefs are in conflict with each other or with prevailing applied linguistic theories? These are the types of questions that are investigated within folk linguistic research. Some researchers have taken a quantitative approach that relied on questionnaires (e.g., Horwitz 1985), while others have delved into the cognitive foundations of beliefs (e.g., Woods 2003). Lastly, some have used discoursal approaches which use discourse analytic (e.g., Pasquale &#38; Preston, forthcoming) and culturally contextualized approaches (e.g., Barcelos 1995) suggesting that folk belief is a dynamic process. Therefore, a discoursal approach may provide insights into respondents’ reasoning rather than what might be considered more static domains of belief. 10 01 JB code aila.24.08mck 100 115 16 Article 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">That which We Call a Rose by any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Folk perceptions, status and language variation</Subtitle> 1 A01 Robert M. McKenzie McKenzie, Robert M. Robert M. McKenzie Northumbria University 2 A01 Dietmar Osthus Osthus, Dietmar Dietmar Osthus University of Duisburg-Essen 01 Folk perceptions of language diversity often differ from the criteria laid out by linguists and have particular implications for applied/sociolinguists since the collective identification of language diversity largely determines the ways in which individuals regard the categorisation of their own (and others) linguistic uses as belonging to a specific social and/or regional variety. Folk perceptions can thus help define speech communities as well as explain sociolinguistic other phenomena. This paper provides a critical analysis of the existing folk linguistic research into language variation in a number of different contexts: the UK, the USA, France and Japan. It is hoped that the information gained will help build up a more detailed sociolinguistic picture of the complex and often contradictory nature of lay individuals’ attitudes towards linguistic variation. 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