Buch, Englisch, Band 235, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 485 g
Studies from the Germanic languages
Buch, Englisch, Band 235, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 485 g
Reihe: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
ISBN: 978-90-272-4747-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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-standardization and re-standardization.