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

Información del proyecto

CHILECTO

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 793920

DOI

10.3030/793920

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 19 Febrero 2018

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2018

Fecha de finalización 11 Marzo 2021

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 172 800,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 172 800,00

Coordinado por

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

Objetivo

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.

Palabras clave

• lectometry
• varieties of Chinese
• lexical variation
• convergence and divergence
• language planning and policy

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2017 - Individual Fellowships
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2017

Coordinador

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 172 800,00
• Dirección: OUDE MARKT 13 ; 3000 LEUVEN ; Bélgica
• Región: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 172 800,00