The German Language in a Changing Europe

Clyne, Michael G.; Michael G. Clyne

ISBN 10: 0521499704 / ISBN 13: 9780521499705

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, New York, Melbourne, Australia, 1995

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269 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper article(s)/Clipping(s) included from previous owner. Synopsis: 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The German Language in a Changing Europe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, New York, Melbourne, Australia
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521499704
• ISBN 13: 9780521499705
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Birget Eggers (Cover Design)
• Edition: 1st Published in 1995
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language Studies, Linguistics, Phonetics, Speech
  • Literary Studies, Literary Theory & Lit. Criticsm
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

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Synopsis

Recent sociopolitical events have profoundly changed the status and functions of German and influenced its usage. In this textbook Michael Clyne revises and expands his original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-Speaking Countries (CUP, 1984) in the light of such changes as the end of the Cold War, German unification, increasing European integration, and the changing self-images of Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. His wide-ranging exploration shows that the German-speaking countries all have problems or dilemmas concerning nationhood or ethnicity that are language-related and/or language-marked.

Book Description

This study revises and expands its original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-speaking Countries (CUP, 1984) in the light of the end of the Cold War, German unification, increasing European integration, and the changing images of Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.