UID:
almafu_9958351845802883
Format:
1 online resource (272p.):
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59 Tabellen
ISBN:
9783110547047
Series Statement:
Lingua Historica Germanica ; 18
Content:
This book provides an insight into the standardisation process of German in eighteenth-century Austria. It describes how norms prescribed by grammarians were actually implemented via a school reform carried out by educationalist Johann Ignaz Felbiger on the order of Empress Maria Theresa. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were undertaken of certain Upper German features (e-apocope, the absence of the prefix ge- and the ending -t in past participles, and variants of the verb form sind) in reading primers, issues of the Wienerisches Diarium / Wiener Zeitung and petitionary letters. These reveal how such variants became increasingly 'invisible' in writing. This process of 'invisibilisation', i.e. a process of stigmatization which prevents the use of certain varieties and variants in writing, can be attributed to a number of factors: Empress Maria Theresa's appeal for a language reform, the normative work by eighteenth-century grammarians, the implementation of educational reforms, and the early introduction of East Central German variants in newspaper issues.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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List of Tables --
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Abbreviations and notes on presentation --
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1. Introduction --
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2. Language, Enlightenment and education in 18th-century Austria --
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3. Grammarians’ norm prescriptions --
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4. The implementation of the language reform --
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5. Conclusion --
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Appendix --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-054649-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-054629-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110547047
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110547047
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110547047
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