Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (288 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511620805
Content:
Recent sociopolitical events have profoundly changed the status and functions of German and influenced its usage. In this study (published by Cambridge in 1984) Michael Clyne revises and expands his original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-speaking Countries in the light of such changes as the end of the Cold War, German unification, the redrawing of the map of Europe, increasing European integration, and the changing self-images of Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. His discussion includes the differences in the form, function and status of the various national varieties of German; the relation between standard and non-standard varieties; gender, generational and political variation; Anglo-American influence on German; and the convergence of east and west. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of language and society in the German-speaking countries, all of which have problems or dilemmas concerning nationhood or ethnicity which are language-related and/or language-marked
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521462693
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521499705
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-052-146-269-3
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521462693
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511620805
URL:
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Author information:
Clyne, Michael G. 1939-2010
