Nereo The Dynamics of Language Obsolescence in a Divided Speech Community

The Case of the German Wischau / Vyskov Enclave (Czech Republic)
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-515-10805-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Deutsch, Band 163, 145 Seiten

Reihe: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik ? Beihefte

Using the Wischau/Vyškov speech enclave (Czech Republic) as a case study, this e-book considers the impact of the highly controversial population transfers of ethnic Germans at the end of World War II. Particular attention is paid to processes of identification amongst community members, the post-war sociolinguistic context, and aspects of the language variety itself, which has remained structurally intact. Importantly, the study reveals the stories and experiences of forced migration and integration from the perspective of both stayers, who until 1989/90 lived under communism, and expellees, who started new lives in the capitalist Federal Republic of Germany. Methodologically, the study is based on data elicited chiefly from participant observations of, and unstructured interviews with the last remaining witnesses of the 1945/46 population transfers. As such, this is the first and probably last detailed study of this small, rural German enclave community. From a theoretical perspective, it draws heavily on Sasse’s (1992) framework on language death.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nereo, Filippo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Ethnolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;LIST OF CONTENTS;8
2;LIST OF FIGURES AND PICTURES;10
3;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;12
4;TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS;14
5;1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY;16
6;2 METHODOLOGY;26
6.1;2.1 DATA SOURCES;26
6.2;2.2 PROBLEMS SURROUNDING DATA ELICITATION;27
6.3;2.3 QUALITATIVE METHODS;31
7;3 THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT;34
7.1;3.1 ‘EASTERN COLONISATION’ AND HABSBURG DOMINANCE;34
7.2;3.2 THE RISE OF CZECH NATIONALISM;36
8;4 CONSTRUCTING RESIDUAL MARKERS OF IDENTITY FROM BELOW;41
8.1;4.1 FUNCTIONALISM OF, AND RESISTANCE TO IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;46
8.2;4.2 AGENTS AND VEHICLES OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;63
8.3;4.3 SYMBOLISM;74
8.4;4.4 REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITY;87
9;5 THE CHANGING STATUS AND USAGE OF LANGUAGE VARIETIES;92
9.1;5.1 FOCUS ON THE STAYERS;92
9.2;5.2 FOCUS ON THE EXPELLEES;103
9.3;5.3 CLOSING REMARKS;110
10;6 THE LANGUAGE VARIETY IN CONTACT;112
10.1;6.1 ENCLAVES;112
10.2;6.2 FEATURES;115
10.3;6.3 ACCOUNTING FOR THE LANGUAGE VARIETY;123
11;7 A SYNOPSIS OF WISCHAU IN ITS MORIBUND STATE;127
12;8 APPENDIX: TRANSCRIPTION FROM HOBITSCHAU / HLUBO?ANY;129
13;9 BIBLIOGRAPHY;133

Über Autor(innen)

Nereo, Filippo
Filippo Nereo is Principal Lecturer in German at Coventry University (UK). He studied at the Universities of York, Regensburg and Manchester. His interests include sociolinguistics, identity politics and migration.