Standardization :: studies from the Germanic languages /

This volume presents fourteen case studies of standardization processes in eleven different Germanic languages. Together, the contributions confront problematic issues in standardization which will be of interest to sociolinguists, as well as to historical linguists from all language disciplines. Th...

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Körperschaft: Standard-Germanic Conference
Weitere Verfasser: Linn, Andrew Robert, McLelland, Nicola, 1970-
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, ©2002.
Schriftenreihe:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 235.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume presents fourteen case studies of standardization processes in eleven different Germanic languages. Together, the contributions confront problematic issues in standardization which will be of interest to sociolinguists, as well as to historical linguists from all language disciplines. The papers cover a historical range from the Middle Ages to the present and a geographical range from South Africa to Iceland, but all fall into one of the following categories: 1) shaping and diffusing a standard language; 2) the relationship between standard and identity; 3) non-standardization, de-
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027283672
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