The empiricist approach in studies in the area of sociolinguistic variation

The present text is an analysis of the theoretical-methodological model of Variational Sociolinguistics and a criticism of the empirical approaches found in the research developed according to that model.  Linguistic change is always the result of a very complex interaction of social and li...

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Autor: Margotti, Felício Wessling
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (UNISUL)
Repositorio:Linguagem em (Dis)curso (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:portaldeperiodicos.animaeducacao.com.br:article/260
Acceso en línea:https://portaldeperiodicos.animaeducacao.com.br/index.php/Linguagem_Discurso/article/view/260
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Linguistic variation
Linguistic change
Sociolinguistics
Variación lingüística
Cambio lingüístico
Sociolingüístico
Variação lingüística
Mudança Lingüística
Sociolingüística
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Sumario:The present text is an analysis of the theoretical-methodological model of Variational Sociolinguistics and a criticism of the empirical approaches found in the research developed according to that model.  Linguistic change is always the result of a very complex interaction of social and linguistic causes; for this reason fragmentary quantitative data, separated from a global interpretation of the social process, are not enough to explain that historically determined change.