Naomi Nagy agrees with you, Stefan:
Nagy, N. 2011. Lexical Change and Language Contact: Faetar in Italy and Canada. Journal of Sociolinguistics 15:366-382.
and related to the point Robert raises about US lexicon and perception:
Meyerhoff, M. 1993. Lexical shift in working class New Zealand English: variation in the use of lexical pairs. English World-Wide. 14, 2. 231-248.
Meyerhoff, M. & Niedzielski, N. 2003. The globalisation of vernacular variation. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 7, 4. 534-555.
cheers, mm
> On 16/04/2020, at 1:08 AM, Robert Fuchs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Stefan and all
>
> There is some variationist work on the degree of Americanisation of varieties of English, for example
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> Gonçalves, B., Loureiro-Porto, L., Ramasco, J. J., & Sánchez, D. (2018). Mapping the Americanization of English in space and time. PloS one, 13(5).
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> Fuchs, Robert. 2017. The Americanisation of Philippine English. Recent diachronic change in spelling and lexis. Philippine ESL Journal 19(1): 60-83.
> https://www.academia.edu/35964417/The_Americanisation_of_Philippine_English_Recent_diachronic_change_in_spelling_and_lexis
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>
> I think work on perceived American influence on the lexis of other varieties of English, and of English on other languages, addresses very nicely what you say about meeting a public need for scholarship/addressing questions that the public are asking. In many countries there are discourses (sometimes exaggerated) about linguistic, and especially lexical, influence from (American) English and as linguists we should contribute some empirical evidence to these debates.
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> Obviously this is only one sliver of lexical variation and in general I share your assessment that lexical variation has not been a major focus over the last years.
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> Best wishes
> Robert
>
> On 12.04.2020 17:53, Stefan Dollinger wrote:
>> Dear colleagues,
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>> I hope you’re doing well, doing ok, in your respective Corona-situations. If you’re ok, chances are you have a little extra time.
>> Time to think about the role of lexis, of “words”, in variationist circles? My reading is that the topic has not been very interesting since Labov’s 1972 paper on cups and tapered glasses, though I’ve seen the occasional paper on chesterfield/couch and, more recently, supper/dinner. But by and large, lexis is not a hot topic. That is a problem, imho. Here’s why I think so. Comments are most welcome (with special thanks to reviewer 2, who was incisively critical but whose positive outlook I cannot share at this time):
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>> https://www.academia.edu/42706140/English_Lexicography_A_Global_Perspective
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>> If I’m right (and please tell me), is the situation similar in other languages? In German it is (lexis and variation is fairly … divorced).
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>> Kindly,
>> Stefan D.
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