Germanic standardizations : past to present
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Germanic standardizations : past to present
(Impact : studies in language and society, v. 18)
J. Benjamins, c2003
- : eur : hb
- : US
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume presents a comparative, socio-historical study of the Germanic standard languages (Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Frisian, German, Icelandic, Low German, Luxemburgish, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish as well as the Caribbean and Pacific Creole languages). Each of the 16 orginal chapters systematically discusses central aspects of the standardization process, including dialect selection, codification, elaboration and diffusion of the standard norm across the speech community, as well as incipient processes of de-standardization and re-standardization. The strongly comparative orientation of the contributions allow for the identification of broad similarities as well as intriguing differences across a wide range of historically and socially diverse language histories. Two chapters by the editors provide an overview of the theoretical background and rationale of comparative standardization research, and outline directions for further research in the area. The volume will be of interest to language historians as well as sociolinguists in general.
Table of Contents
- 1. Standard languages: Taxonomies and histories (by Deumert, Ana)
- 2. Afrikaans (by Roberge, Paul T.)
- 3. Caribbean Creoles (by Devonish, Hubert)
- 4. Danish (by Kristiansen, Tore)
- 5. Dutch (by Willemyns, Roland)
- 6. English (by Nevalainen, Terttu)
- 7. Faroese (by Hansen, Zakaris Svabo)
- 8. Frisian (by Hoekstra, Eric)
- 9. German (by Mattheier, Klaus J.)
- 10. Icelandic (by Arnason, Kristjan)
- 11. Low German (by Langer, Nils)
- 12. Luxembourgish (by Gilles, Peter)
- 13. Norwegian (by Jahr, Ernst Hakon)
- 14. Pacific Pidgins and Creoles (by Muhlhausler, Peter)
- 15. Scots (by Dossena, Marina)
- 16. Swedish (by Teleman, Ulf)
- 17. Yiddish (by Peltz, Rakhmiel)
- 18. Research directions in the study of language standardization (by Deumert, Ana)
- 19. Index
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