Nils Langer

Kristine Horner

Gertrud Reershemius

Patrick Stevenson

The German-Speaking World is an accessible textbook that offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in the world. This new, second edition has been fully revised to reflect the many political and social changes of the last 20 years including the impact of technology on language change. It continues to combine text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers to think for themselves and to tackle specific problems. Key features of this book: Informative and comprehensive: covers a wide range of current issues Practical: contains a variety of graded exercises and tasks plus an index of terms Topical and contemporary: deals with current situations and provides up-to-date illustrative material Thought-provoking: encourages students to reflect and research for themselves The German-Speaking World is the ideal textbook for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of German but who have little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics.

A Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues

The German-Speaking World

Reader in German and Head of German Studies Patrick Stevenson

Combining text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers, this textbook covers a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in societies around the world.This accessible textbook offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in societies around the world. It is written for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of German but who have little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics. It combines text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers to think for themselves and to tackle specific problems.In Part One Patrick Stevenson invites readers to investigate and reflect on issues about the status and function of the German language in relation to its speakers and to speakers of other languages with which it comes into contact. In Part Two the focus shifts to the forms and functions of individual features of the language. This involves, for example, identifying features of regional speech forms, analysing similarities and differences between written and spoken German, or looking at the 'social meaning' underlying different forms of address. Part Three explores the relationship between the German language and the nature of 'Germanness'. It concentrates on people's attitudes towards the language, the ways in which it is changing, and their views on what it represents for them.

The German-speaking World

Mit einer der anthropologischen Linguistik verpflichteten Herangehensweise untersucht die Autorin das Niederdeutsche in Ostfriesland am Beispiel einer Dorfgemeinschaft. Besonderen Stellenwert nimmt dabei die Frage ein, welche Rolle Sprachkontakt mit dem Friesischen und dem Niederl�ndischen bei der Entstehung dieser distinkten Variet�t des Niederdeutschen gespielt hat. Auf einer Sprachdatenerhebung basierend enth�lt die Studie neben einer Dokumentation des gegenw�rtigen Sprachstandes eine Analyse der soziolinguistischen Rahmenbedingungen und stellt angesichts einer Konstellation von engem Sprachkontakt mit dem in nahezu allen Lebensbereichen dominanten Standarddeutschen die Frage nach der Zukunft der Variet�t. In diesem Sinne versteht sich die Untersuchung als Beitrag zur gegenw�rtigen Diskussion ueber bedrohte Minderheitensprachen. .

zwischen Sprachkontakt, Sprachveränderung und Sprachwechsel

Niederdeutsch in Ostfriesland

This accessible textbook offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in societies around the world. It is written for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of German but who have little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics. It combines text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers to think for themselves and to tackle specific problems. In Part One Patrick Stevenson invites readers to investigate and reflect on issues about the status and function of the German language in relation to its speakers and to speakers of other languages with which it comes into contact. In Part Two the focus shifts to the forms and functions of individual features of the language. This involves, for example, identifying features of regional speech forms, analysing similarities and differences between written and spoken German, or looking at the 'social meaning' underlying different forms of address. Part Three explores the relationship between the German language and the nature of 'Germanness'. It concentrates on people's attitudes towards the language, the ways in which it is changing, and their views on what it represents for them.

Gertrud Reershemius

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