Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual Variation
Far from the uniformity of language and the ideal speaker, it is assumed that language varies even within the same speaker, and that such variation is intrinsic to this speaker. This intra-individual variation has been understood mostly as stylistic variation (Hernández-Campoy & Cutillas-Espinos...
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| description | Far from the uniformity of language and the ideal speaker, it is assumed that language varies even within the same speaker, and that such variation is intrinsic to this speaker. This intra-individual variation has been understood mostly as stylistic variation (Hernández-Campoy & Cutillas-Espinosa, 2012) and is becoming increasingly important (Werth et al., 2021) in the scholarly literature. Admitting that stylistic variation exists, I argue that not all intra-individual variation is conditioned and conscious, according to my data. The analysis will be carried out with data from the <i>Basque linguistic atlas (EHHA)</i> (Aurrekoetxea & Videgain, 2010–2020), which examines systematically the intra-individual variation of speakers in the elicitation phase. Based on these data, the aim of this paper is to show that there are also non-conditioned and unconscious types of variation, and to give a preliminary outline of a theory that accommodates these types of variation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-96fe1cd7031044a496f84d02df0dc06a2025-01-24T13:38:21ZengMDPI AGLanguages2226-471X2025-01-01101510.3390/languages10010005Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual VariationGotzon Aurrekoetxea0Linguistics and Basque Studies Department, Faculty of Philology, University of the Basque Country, Unibertsitateko Ibilbidea, 5, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque, SpainFar from the uniformity of language and the ideal speaker, it is assumed that language varies even within the same speaker, and that such variation is intrinsic to this speaker. This intra-individual variation has been understood mostly as stylistic variation (Hernández-Campoy & Cutillas-Espinosa, 2012) and is becoming increasingly important (Werth et al., 2021) in the scholarly literature. Admitting that stylistic variation exists, I argue that not all intra-individual variation is conditioned and conscious, according to my data. The analysis will be carried out with data from the <i>Basque linguistic atlas (EHHA)</i> (Aurrekoetxea & Videgain, 2010–2020), which examines systematically the intra-individual variation of speakers in the elicitation phase. Based on these data, the aim of this paper is to show that there are also non-conditioned and unconscious types of variation, and to give a preliminary outline of a theory that accommodates these types of variation.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/1/5intra-individual variationnon-conditioned variationunconscious variationlinguistic theoryBasque |
| spellingShingle | Gotzon Aurrekoetxea Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual Variation Languages intra-individual variation non-conditioned variation unconscious variation linguistic theory Basque |
| title | Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual Variation |
| title_full | Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual Variation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual Variation |
| title_short | Non-Conditioned, Unconscious Intra-Individual Variation |
| title_sort | non conditioned unconscious intra individual variation |
| topic | intra-individual variation non-conditioned variation unconscious variation linguistic theory Basque |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/1/5 |
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