Laická jazykověda

• Authors: Saicová Římalová Lucie

Title variants

EN

Folk Linguistics

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

So-called folk linguistics, i.e. folk beliefs concerning language, may be a valuable source of information for various linguistic fields and for practical applications, e.g. in teaching practice. The author presents an analysis of folk linguistics as it can be reconstructed from Internet discussions by Czechspeaking women (especially mothers). The results show that the folk theory of language and its use is quite complex, with multiple connections to a scientific theory of language (probably acquired through school education) and with important evaluative features (including e.g. folk theories of correctness and errors). The author proposes a new Czech term (laická jazykověda) and suggests that the theory should be seen as dynamic (e.g. changing over time and during speakers’ lives) and structured (e.g. consisting of a centre and peripheries and containing several “layers” of shared sub-theories).

Keywords

CS

český jazyk; internetová diskuse; jazyk; laická jazykověda; laická teorie

EN

Czech language; folk linguistics; folk theory; Internet discussion; language

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Časopis pro moderní filologii (Journal for Modern Philology)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 102
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 24-35

Contributors

author

Saicová Římalová Lucie

• Ústav českého jazyka a teorie komunikace, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy

Identifiers

DOI

10.14712/23366591.2020.1.2