Awards

• Winner of Choice outstanding academic book award 1995.
• Winner of ^IChoice^R outstanding academic book award 1995.

Overview

Language has always played an important part in the debate about cultural and political identity in the German-speaking areas of Europe. It is therefore not surprising that the dramatic events of the early 1990s, most notably the reunification of Germany, have led to an upsurge of interest in the German language. This collection of essays provides an insight into the interests and approaches of German-speaking linguists in this period of dynamic change, focusing on the forms, functions, and uses of contemporary German. Some contributors address broad issues - language and nationality, the status of German as an international language, language change and attempts to fix the form of language, and sociolinguistic variation, while others examine topics of particular significance in today's socioplitical scene. These include social change and linguistic variation in Berlin after the Wall, the political language of the Right and Left, the speech of youth subcultures, language and gender, language and television, and language in intercultural communication.

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Author:   Stevenson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780198237389

ISBN 10:   0198237383
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   09 October 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Patrick Stevenson: The Study of Real Language: Observing the Observers Ulrich Ammon: To What Extent is German an International Language? Florian Coulmas: Germanness: Language and Nation Wolfgang Werner Sauer and Helmut Glück: Norms and Reforms Helmut Glück and Wolfgang Werner Sauer: Directions of Change in Contemporary German Helmut Schönfeld and Peter Schlobinski: After the Wall: Social Change and Linguistic Variation in Berlin Norbert Dittmar: Theories of Sociolinguistic Variation in the German Context Martina Rost-Roth: Language in Intercultural Communication Ruth Wodak: Critical Linguistics and the Study of Institutional Communication Siegfried Jäger: Political Discourse: The Language of Right and Left in Germany Sylvia Moosmüller: Evaluation of Language use in Public Discourse: Language Attitudes in Austria Marlis Hellinger: Language and Gender Peter Schlobinski: Jugendsprachen: Speech Styles of Youth Subcultures Werner Holly: Language and Television

Reviews

This volume fills a void in up-to-date English-language information on German linguistics. Highly recommended for all college and university collections, as well as public libraries. Choice 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. Winifred V. Davies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, MLR, 92.1, 1997

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