H2020Индивидуална стипендия2018–2021

CHILECTO · Measuring Convergence and Divergence in Varieties of Chinese: A Lectometric Approach

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2018-09-01 → 2021-03-11
Финансиране от ЕС: 172 800 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Резултати накратко

Measuring Convergence and Divergence in Varieties of Chinese: A Lectometric Approach

The overall objective of the project is to explore processes of convergence and divergence among lexicons in the varieties of Chinese by using a quantitative lectometric approach. More specifically, the following three scientific objectives were addressed. Firstly, we aimed to evaluate lectometric measurements and establish a methodological guideline with which lexical variation among lects can be structured more comprehensively and cost-efficiently. The second objective was to identify the multifactorial variational structure that underlies the Chinese lexicon in written texts from a synchronic point of view. The third objective examines how the stratificational distances among lects are changing progressively across time and confronts with what we find for Chinese and what we know about the processes in Europe. CHLETCTO is the first project to explore the phenomenon of lexical variation in the varieties of Chinese by performing large-scale quantitative aggregation. It goes beyond traditional approaches to language variation by using computational/statistical methods for the identification of contextual clues and for the classification of language usages. The project explores different processes of convergence/divergence among varieties of the same language and compares the standard language situation in the Pan-Chinese region and in Europe. The project findings may raise the awareness of language policy and decision-makers to the empirically tested linguistic evidence, which plays an important role in the strategic deployment of language planning and policy.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

What can Chinese teach us about the languages of Europe? Sociolinguistic research has obtained important insights into the dynamics of the languages of Europe: the emergence of pluricentric varieties, the global influence of English, the tendency towards informalization of the standard languages. But are these phenomena typically European, or are the same forces at work in other linguistic areas? A comparison with Chinese may provide an answer: I will analyze three varieties of Chinese (mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore) from the same perspectives that have been applied to the convergences and divergences of European languages, and with the same (quantitative, so-called ‘lectometric’) methods. Getting to know these methods better will be how I will benefit from the project. Conversely, the data that I will be able to obtain for the current evolution of Chinese will deepen the understanding of the European tendencies. For instance, does the size of the languages involved play a role, or the kind of language policies at work in the different countries? In practice, the project intends: 1) to evaluate lectometric measurements that have been recently developed for studying changes in the position of standard languages in Europe and offer a methodological guideline with which lexical variation among lects can be structured more comprehensively and cost-efficiently; 2) to identify the multifactorial variational structure that underlies the Chinese lexicon in written texts (synchronically); 3) to uncover how the stratificational distances among lects are changing progressively (diachronically) and to confront with what we find for Chinese and what we know about the processes in Europe. The project targets academics as well as policy makers. It will provide new insights into the (lectometric) study of language variation, and thus yield fine-grained empirical evidence for language planning at the political level.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · LeuvenКоординаторБелгия