Format:
Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9783110210798
Series Statement:
Studia Linguistica Germanica 91
Content:
This study in the history of language and culture is concerned with the discourse on the German Standard language in the 18th century, called High German by contemporary linguists and grammarians. Using 18th century grammars, dictionaries, handbooks of rhetoric and other texts, the study examines varying concepts of "High German". Central keywords are presented such as Obersächsisch (Upper Saxon), Pöbel (plebs), or Volk (people) together with models and strategies of argumentation for upgrading or downgrading individual language regions, groups of speakers or individual stylistic fea
Content:
This study in the history of language and culture is concerned with the discourse on the German Standard language in the 18th century, called High German by contemporary linguists and grammarians. Using 18th century grammars, dictionaries, handbooks of rhetoric and other texts, the study examines varying concepts of "High German". Central keywords are presented such as Obersächsisch (Upper Saxon), Pöbel (plebs), or Volk (people) together with models and strategies of argumentation for upgrading or downgrading individual language regions, groups of speakers or individual stylistic fea
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110210798
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-11-021079-8
Language:
German
DOI:
10.1515/9783110210798
URL:
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Author information:
Faulstich-Christ, Katja 1974-
