CRC 1412/2: The impact of language ideologies on register distinctions in multilingual contexts (SP C07)

Project C07 investigates how language ideologies impact register distinctions. It contributes to models of register knowledge by incorporating the role of societal contexts. The main focus is on multilingual contexts, where speakers can draw on resources from different languages for register marking. Building on our findings on register distinctions and perceptions from Phase 1, we compare societal macro contexts with a mono- vs. multilingual societal habitus. We investigate the impact of language ideologies at the meso level of speech communities and the micro level of speakers’ linguistic practices, comparing register distinctions in Germany, Namibia, Singapore, and Australia.