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.
Language has always been a major marker of cultural identity in the German-speaking world, and the reunification of Germany, with its dramatic politic...
This book investigates the history of national disunity in Germany since the end of the Second World War from a linguistic perspective: what was the role of language in the ideological conflicts of the Cold War and in the difficult process of rebuilding the German nation after 1990? In the first part of the book, Patrick Stevenson explores the ways in which the idea of 'the national language' contributed to the political tensions between the two German states and to the different social experiences of their citizens. He begins by showing how the modern linguistic conflict between east and...
This book investigates the history of national disunity in Germany since the end of the Second World War from a linguistic perspective: what was the r...
This book explores the much contested concept of Germanness from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective, tracing continuities and discontinuities in the development of Germany as a speech community from the formal division in the aftermath of the Second World War to the uncomfortable and problematic unity of the present day.
This book explores the much contested concept of Germanness from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective, tracing continuities and discontinuities ...
This textbook offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in societies around the world. It is written for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of German but who have little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics. It combines text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers to think for themselves and to tackle specific problems. In Part One, Stevenson invites readers to investigate and reflect on issues about the status and function...
This textbook offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its...
This book, which examines the interrelations of language and society in German-speaking countries, is the most detailed account of German sociolinguistics to appear in English. Topics covered include the history and development of the German language, German as a minority language, traditional dialects, the influence of English on German, and German in the East and West. It will appeal to undergraduates and postgraduates whose background is in German but who have little or no previous knowledge of linguistics, and it has also been designed to be accessible to students and researchers in...
This book, which examines the interrelations of language and society in German-speaking countries, is the most detailed account of German sociolinguis...
The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices. Particular attention is given to Europe, where the impetus to social transformation within and across national boundaries is in renewed tension with conflicting national and supra-national interests, with these tensions reflected in the complex issues of...
The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes ...
Central Europe has always been a highly multilingual region but how has this been affected by the social and political transformations of the last 20 years? The German language in particular has long played a key role in processes of identification here: but what role is the relationship between German and other languages playing today in the reshaping of societies and communities in this rapidly changing region? How is this relationship articulated in discourses on language and language ideologies? How is it manifested in individual repertoires and social practices? How is it determined by...
Central Europe has always been a highly multilingual region but how has this been affected by the social and political transformations of the last 20 ...
This book explores the dynamics of language and social change in central Europe in the context of the end of the Cold War and eastern expansion of the European Union. One outcome of the profound social transformations in central Europe since the Second World War has been the reshaping of the relationship between particular languages and linguistic varieties, especially between 'national' languages and regional or ethnic minority languages. Previous studies have investigated these transformed relationships from the macro perspective of language policies, while others have taken more...
This book explores the dynamics of language and social change in central Europe in the context of the end of the Cold War and eastern expansion of the...
Die Autoren stellen die soziolinguistische Problematik der Gegenwartssprache in ihrer vollen Komplexitat anschaulich dar. Daruber hinaus nehmen sie die Forschungsansatze kritisch unter die Lupe. Themenschwerpunkte sind die historischen Grundlagen der Entwicklung einer deutschen Standardsprache, die regionale und soziale Verteilung der verschiedenen Sprachformen im gegenwartigen Deutsch, die Herausbildung eines sprachlichen Kontinuums zwischen Dialekt und Standardsprache, Mehrsprachigkeit in Deutschland und der Schweiz und Sprachkontakt. Barbour und Stevenson fassen die wichtigsten...
Die Autoren stellen die soziolinguistische Problematik der Gegenwartssprache in ihrer vollen Komplexitat anschaulich dar. Daruber hinaus nehmen sie...
The German Speaking World is an accessible textbook that offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in the world.
It is written for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of German but who have little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics
This new edition has been fully revised to reflect the many political and social changes of the last 15 years including the impact of technology on language change. It continues...
The German Speaking World is an accessible textbook that offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolin...
