The German Language and the Real World : Sociolinguistic, Cultural, and Pragmatic Perspectives on Contemporary German

ISBN-13: 9780198237389 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 432 str.

Patrick Stevenson

Opis

Language has always been a major marker of cultural identity in the German-speaking world, and the reunification of Germany, with its dramatic political and cultural consequences, has led to an upsurge of interest in contemporary German. In this collection of essays, German linguists consider a wide range of topics, including language change, language in political discourse, language in Berlin after the wall, language and gender, the speech styles of youth subcultures, and language and television.

In this collection of essays, German linguists consider a wide range of topics, including language change, language in political discourse, language in Berlin after the Wall, language and gender, the speech styles of youth subcultures, and language and television.

Recenzje

The book not only gives a detailed account of the way in which the forms of the German language ... seem to be changing ... but is also a welcome introduction to different approaches to the study of the German language in use ... the quality of the translations is very good ... I believe that, with this volume, Stevenson will once again do what Stephen Barbour and he did so well in Variation in German ... that is, stimulate interest in German (socio)linguistics among non-German-speakers.