TARMIŠKAI KALBANČIO ŽMOGAUS STEREOTIPAI: APRIORINĖS EILINIŲ KALBOS BENDRUOMENĖS NARIŲ NUOSTATOS
STEREOTYPES OF A DIALECT USER: THE A PRIORI ATTITUDES OF THE ORDINARY MEMBERS OF LANGUAGE COMMUNITY

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims at the analysis of the language attitudes of the ordinary language estimators with re-spect to the dialectal discourse on the basis of the theoretical insights developed by perceptual dialectology and the data of the experiment ‘On Perception and Estimation of the Dialectal Discourse’ carried out in several areas of East Highlands, West Highlands, South Lithuania and Lowlands. The gathered material of the empirical research is rich in its variety thus allowing for the discussion of various values of the dialectal discourse. The paper focuses on the description of the qualification of the dialectal discourse composers – in other words, an attempt has been made to conceptualize the image of a dialect user. Relying on the data of the mentioned experiment, the author arrives at the conclusion that a dialect user is partially dislocated, yet still remains the other, i.e. the person representing a different culture, different social status or even extending a different mode of behaviour. Due to the lack of conformity between the answers of the respondents representing different regions or even different groups of the same region, it is possible to claim that the respondents from different regions introduce different conceptualizations of a dialect user which is determined by the following factors...

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