Suhtlusvõrgustikud võrukeste keelelise käitumise tõlgendajaina
Social Networks as a Possibility to Interpret the Language Behaviour of South Estonians

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to analyse the possible relations between spoken Võru and social networks. Two villages (one in Vastseliina and the other in Räpina parish) and their networks are observed. Both villages can be considered high-density networks where the individuals have multiplex network ties within the community. We have focused on lexical transferences from Võru to standard Estonian in the speech of four male speakers. For each informant the network score is calculated. The analysis demonstrates that lexical transferences do depend on the informants' network structure: the informants with stronger ties speak mostly the local variant of Võru with a few loanwords from standard Estonian, whereas the informants with weaker ties use more standard Estonian.

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