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Germanic Language Histories 'from Below' (1700-2000)

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Focusing on the sociolinguistic history of Germanic languages, the current volume challenges the traditional teleological approach of language historiography. The 30 contributions present alternative histories of ten `big’ as well as `small’ Germanic languages and varieties in the last 300 years. Topics covered in this book include language variation and change and the politics of language contact and choice, seen against the background of standardization processes of written and oral text genres and from the viewpoint of larger sections of the population.

Author Biography:

Stephan Elspass, University of Augsburg, Germany; Nils Langer, University of Bristol, UK; Joachim Scharloth, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Wim Vandenbussche ,Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Release date Australia
May 18th, 2007
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Joachim Scharloth
  • Edited by Nils Langer
  • Edited by Stephan Elspass
  • Edited by Wim Vandenbussche
Edition
Reprint 2011
Illustrations
Num. figs.
Pages
530
ISBN-13
9783110193350
Product ID
5263109

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