Naslov
Promotion of Non-Standard Ideologies - Silence as the Common Denominator of the Other

Autori
Škifić, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
RHSS (Re-thinking Humanities and Social Sciences: The Issue of the (Post)Other (Postmodernism and the Other)

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 10.09.2010. - 12.09.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
‘Otherness’, promotion of linguistic ideologies, silent ideologies of nonstandard varieties, overt ideologies of the standard

Sažetak
Is there a single common denominator of the ‘Other’ in the standard – nonstandard relationship or a group of factors? Which entities should be identified as bearers of the ‘Other’ dimension in such a relationship? In various sociolinguistic contexts there has been a common belief for a long time that linguistic entities associated with lack of social prestige represent the ‘Other’ – the low and the nonstandard. Although we assume that nonstandard ideologies do carry specific implications of the ‘Other’ dimension, the supposed inherent value and social prestige of the standard, notions which have been frequently emphasized in the dissemination of findings concerning the standard – nonstandard relationship, cannot be used as sufficient arguments to support the ‘Otherness’ of nonstandard varieties and their ideologies. Silence of supposed promoters of such ideologies reveals itself as an additional (and, in certain cases, a much more productive) factor in analyzing the nonstandard – the ‘Other’ association. Thus, if silence is taken as the common denominator of the ‘Otherness’ of nonstandard ideologies in relation to ideologies of the standard and their more prominent public promotion, it may be possible to move away from the ‘unknown’, ‘inferiority’, and ‘minority’ dimensions that some sociolinguistic contexts of ‘Otherness’ have frequently been known to imply.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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