Laboratory Sociolinguistics

De Gruyter eBooks, pp. 557–571

Abstract

This paper presents laboratory sociolinguistics, a novel approach to variationist sociolinguistics in which laboratory techniques and quantitative research methods are central. The aim is to take our understanding of the linguistic, social and cognitive mechanisms underlying language variation and its dynamics further than in previous sociolinguistic work, and to shed new light on the driving forces that turn language variation into language change. Laboratory sociolinguistics is anchored in new developments in sociolinguistics, in linguistics and in social sciences in general, and reaches out to other disciplines. This contribution is a first introduction of this novel approach. It sketches the rationale, defines its research focus, presents the type of research questions that can be tackled and invites other researchers to join this development.

Authors 4

1. Hans VAN DE VELDE Aachen

   Leiden University · Université Sorbonne Nouvelle · Utrecht University · Fryske Akademy · Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie

   Affiliation as printed

   , Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology

   Fryske Akademy and Utrecht University, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Cesko Voeten, Fryske Akademy and

   Laboratory

   Leiden University, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition Didier Demolin, Fryske Akademy and Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris

2. Anne-France Pinget Aachen

   Leiden University · Université Sorbonne Nouvelle · Utrecht University · Fryske Akademy · Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie

   Affiliation as printed

   , Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology

   Fryske Akademy and Utrecht University, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Cesko Voeten, Fryske Akademy and

   Laboratory

   Leiden University, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition Didier Demolin, Fryske Akademy and Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris

3. Cesko C. Voeten Aachen

   Leiden University · Université Sorbonne Nouvelle · Utrecht University · Fryske Akademy · Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie

   Affiliation as printed

   , Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology

   Fryske Akademy and Utrecht University, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Cesko Voeten, Fryske Akademy and

   Laboratory

   Leiden University, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition Didier Demolin, Fryske Akademy and Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris

4. Didier Démolin Aachen

   Leiden University · Université Sorbonne Nouvelle · Utrecht University · Fryske Akademy · Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie

   Affiliation as printed

   , Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology

   Fryske Akademy and Utrecht University, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Cesko Voeten, Fryske Akademy and

   Laboratory

   Leiden University, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition Didier Demolin, Fryske Akademy and Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris