Frontiers in Psychology (Jan 2023)
Situating language register across the ages, languages, modalities, and cultural aspects: Evidence from complementary methods
- Valentina N. Pescuma,
- Dina Serova,
- Julia Lukassek,
- Antje Sauermann,
- Roland Schäfer,
- Aria Adli,
- Felix Bildhauer,
- Markus Egg,
- Kristina Hülk,
- Aine Ito,
- Aine Ito,
- Stefanie Jannedy,
- Valia Kordoni,
- Milena Kuehnast,
- Silvia Kutscher,
- Robert Lange,
- Nico Lehmann,
- Mingya Liu,
- Beate Lütke,
- Katja Maquate,
- Christine Mooshammer,
- Vahid Mortezapour,
- Stefan Müller,
- Muriel Norde,
- Elizabeth Pankratz,
- Elizabeth Pankratz,
- Angela G. Patarroyo,
- Ana-Maria Pleşca,
- Camilo R. Ronderos,
- Camilo R. Ronderos,
- Stephanie Rotter,
- Uli Sauerland,
- Gohar Schnelle,
- Britta Schulte,
- Gediminas Schüppenhauer,
- Gediminas Schüppenhauer,
- Bianca Maria Sell,
- Stephanie Solt,
- Megumi Terada,
- Dimitra Tsiapou,
- Elisabeth Verhoeven,
- Melanie Weirich,
- Melanie Weirich,
- Heike Wiese,
- Kathy Zaruba,
- Lars Erik Zeige,
- Anke Lüdeling,
- Pia Knoeferle,
- Pia Knoeferle,
- Pia Knoeferle
Affiliations
- Valentina N. Pescuma
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Dina Serova
- Institute of Archaeology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Julia Lukassek
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Antje Sauermann
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Roland Schäfer
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Aria Adli
- Institute of Romance Studies, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
- Felix Bildhauer
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Markus Egg
- Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Kristina Hülk
- Institute of Archaeology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Aine Ito
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Aine Ito
- Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Stefanie Jannedy
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
- Valia Kordoni
- Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Milena Kuehnast
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Silvia Kutscher
- Institute of Archaeology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Robert Lange
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Nico Lehmann
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Mingya Liu
- Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Beate Lütke
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Katja Maquate
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Christine Mooshammer
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Vahid Mortezapour
- Institute of Romance Studies, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
- Stefan Müller
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Muriel Norde
- Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Elizabeth Pankratz
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Elizabeth Pankratz
- Centre for Language Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Angela G. Patarroyo
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Ana-Maria Pleşca
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Camilo R. Ronderos
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Camilo R. Ronderos
- Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Stephanie Rotter
- Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Uli Sauerland
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
- Gohar Schnelle
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Britta Schulte
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Gediminas Schüppenhauer
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Gediminas Schüppenhauer
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
- Bianca Maria Sell
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Stephanie Solt
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
- Megumi Terada
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Dimitra Tsiapou
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Elisabeth Verhoeven
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Melanie Weirich
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
- Melanie Weirich
- 0Institute for Germanic Linguistics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
- Heike Wiese
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Kathy Zaruba
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Lars Erik Zeige
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Anke Lüdeling
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Pia Knoeferle
- Department of German Studies and Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Pia Knoeferle
- 1Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Pia Knoeferle
- 2Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin-Charité, Berlin, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964658
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13
Abstract
In the present review paper by members of the collaborative research center “Register: Language Users' Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation” (CRC 1412), we assess the pervasiveness of register phenomena across different time periods, languages, modalities, and cultures. We define “register” as recurring variation in language use depending on the function of language and on the social situation. Informed by rich data, we aim to better understand and model the knowledge involved in situation- and function-based use of language register. In order to achieve this goal, we are using complementary methods and measures. In the review, we start by clarifying the concept of “register”, by reviewing the state of the art, and by setting out our methods and modeling goals. Against this background, we discuss three key challenges, two at the methodological level and one at the theoretical level: (1) To better uncover registers in text and spoken corpora, we propose changes to established analytical approaches. (2) To tease apart between-subject variability from the linguistic variability at issue (intra-individual situation-based register variability), we use within-subject designs and the modeling of individuals' social, language, and educational background. (3) We highlight a gap in cognitive modeling, viz. modeling the mental representations of register (processing), and present our first attempts at filling this gap. We argue that the targeted use of multiple complementary methods and measures supports investigating the pervasiveness of register phenomena and yields comprehensive insights into the cross-methodological robustness of register-related language variability. These comprehensive insights in turn provide a solid foundation for associated cognitive modeling.
Keywords
- language register
- situational context
- behavioral methods
- corpus methods
- register markers
- language variation
