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Advances in Cognitive Sociolinguistics Cognitive Linguistics Research 45 Editors Dirk Geeraerts John R. Taylor Honorary editors Rene´ Dirven Ronald W. Langacker De Gruyter Mouton Advances in Cognitive Sociolinguistics Edited by Dirk Geeraerts Gitte Kristiansen Yves Peirsman De Gruyter Mouton ISBN 978-3-11-022645-4 e-ISBN 978-3-11-022646-1 ISSN 1861-4132 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Advances in cognitive sociolinguistics / edited by Dirk Geeraerts, Gitte Kristiansen, Yves Peirsman. p. cm. � (Cognitive linguistics research ; 45) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-3-11-022645-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Cognitive grammar. 2. Sociolinguistics. I. Geeraerts, Dirk, 1955� II. Kristiansen, Gitte, 1966� III. Peirsman, Yves. P165.A37 2010 306.44�dc22 2010002952 Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. � 2010 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/New York Printing: Hubert & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen � Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany www.degruyter.com Table of contents List of contributors vii Introduction. Advances in Cognitive Sociolinguistics Dirk Geeraerts, Gitte Kristiansen and Yves Peirsman 1 Part one: Lexical and lexical-semantic variation Heterodox concept features and onomasiological heterogeneity in dialects Dirk Geeraerts and Dirk Speelman 23 Measuring and parameterizing lexical convergence and diver- gence between European and Brazilian Portuguese Augusto Soares da Silva 41 Awesome insights into semantic variation Justyna A. Robinson 85 Applying word space models to sociolinguistics. Religion names before and after 9/11 Yves Peirsman, Kris Heylen and Dirk Geeraerts 111 Part two: Constructional variation The English genitive alternation in a cognitive sociolinguistics perspective Benedikt Szmrecsanyi 141 (Not) acquiring grammatical gender in two varieties of Dutch Gunther De Vogelaer 167 Lectal variation in constructional semantics: “Benefactive” ditransitives in Dutch Timothy Colleman 191 vi Table of contents Part three: Variation of lectal awareness and attitudes Lectal acquisition and linguistic stereotype formation Gitte Kristiansen 225 Investigations into the folk’s mental models of linguistic varieties Raphael Berthele 265 A cognitive approach to quantitative sociolinguistic variation: Evidence from th-fronting in Central Scotland Lynn Clark and Graeme Trousdale 291 Overview 323 List of contributors Raphael Berthele University of Freiburg Institut für Mehrsprachigkeit Murtengasse 24 1700 Freiburg Switzerland
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