Principles of language dispersal in past vs. contemporary East Asian countryside

SCHWARZ, Michal. Principles of language dispersal in past vs. contemporary East Asian countryside. In 45th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh – Uttarpradesh, India, 16.-18. 11. 2023. 2023.

Basic information

• Original name: Principles of language dispersal in past vs. contemporary East Asian countryside
• Authors: SCHWARZ, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 45th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh – Uttarpradesh, India, 16.-18. 11. 2023, 2023.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60201 General language studies
• Country of publisher: India
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/23:00134372
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: principles;language dispersal;countryside;demography;Asia;changes;religion;media;technologies;local factors
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

This paper analyzes basic evolutionary changes in the form and types of language contact and dispersal in traditional East Asian communities. It mainly compares substantial changes between preliterary period and modern development. While preliterary and early literary periods (= A) were connected to the influence of religious institutions, the modern period (= B) is shaped by growing globalization. Ad A) The following principles can by analyzed for preliterary and early literary period: 1) Language contact and language spread were shaped and influenced by co-evolution of religious and ruling elites. 2) East Asian development was in the name of continental spread of Indian culture. 3) Besides diffusion of large religious systems, their regional adaptations, and emergence of local varieties, there was a prevalence of local societal / clan structures with their more dominant cultural habits and customary law supporting local linguistic diversity. Ad B) 4) In the conditions of contemporary globalized world, the spread of languages is not dominantly influenced by religious elites even though Indian culture represents a world-wide transcontinental phenomenon. 5) New media and distant forms of communication are influencing the patterns of language dispersal and change. 6) While the role of mother tongue(s) and its interaction with older layer of ritual habits and customs still continues, there is a growing impact of national languages of the capital representing a new layer slightly suppressing the process of linguistic diversification even in the countryside.

Links

• GA23-06953S, research and development project: Name: Evoluční interference náboženství a vlády ve Vnitřní Asii: srovnání vzájemných impaktů s tributárními zeměmi: Mongolskem, Koreou a Vietnamem

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Evolutionary interferences of religion and governance in Inner Asia: comparison of mutual impacts with tributary countries: Mongolia, Korea, Vietnam

• GM23-07108M, research and development project: Name: Proměnlivé adaptační strategie mobilních pastevců v Mongolsku: Dynamika v komunitních historiích a vzorcích stěhování dokumentovaná orálními prameny

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Changing Adaptive Strategies of Mobile Pastoralists in Mongolia: Dynamics in Community Histories and Movement Patterns Documented Through Oral Sources