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Gabrielle Hogan-Brun (e d.) Studies
National Varieties of
German outside Germany
A European Perspective
Peter Lang
National Varieties of German outside Germany
German Linguistic and Cultural Studies
Editor: Peter Rolf Lutzeier
Volume 8
PETER LANG
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Gabrielle Hogan-Brun (ed.)
National Varieties of
German outside Germany
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National varieties of German outside Germany / Gabrielle
Hogan-Brun (ed.).-Oxford; Bern; Berlin; Bruxelles; Frankfurt am
Main ; New York ; Wien : Lang, 2000
(German linguistic and cultural studies; Vol. 8)
ISBN 3-906765-58-X
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Contents
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The Landscapes of German across Europe:
An Ecolinguistic Perspective 13
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Gabrielle Hogan-Brun
'Deutsch' as a Linguistic, Ethnic and National Label:
Cultural and Political Consequences of a
Multiple Ambiguity 33
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Stephen Barbour
German as a Minority Language: The Legislative and
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Stefan Wolff
Outsiders' Attitudes towards the Swiss German
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Felicity Rash
The German Language in Austria I 03
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Victoria Martin
German in Old and New Belgium 121
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Peter Nelde and Jeroen Darquennes
The Use of German in the Grand Duchy of
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Gerald Newton
8 Contents
From Tragedy to Triumph: The German Language
in South Tyrol 1922-2000 .......................................................... 161
Antony Alcock
German as First Language and Minority Second
Language in Denmark ................................................................. 195
Karen Margrethe Pedersen
Alsatian: A Living Variety?
A Sociolinguistic Study of Southern Alsace ........................ 221
Judith Broadbridge
The Multilingual Marketplace:
German as a Hungarian Language .............................................. 243
Patrick Stevenson
Notes on Contributors ..................................................................... 259
Glossary .......................................................................................... 263
Index ............................................................................................... 271
Preface
German is widely spoken in many countries outside Germany. These
disparate language communities are likely to undergo changes when
confronted with the tide of European unification. This collection aims
to take stock of the current situation by exploring national varieties of
German outside Germany with a focus on status, function and
prevailing attitudes. It will provide a composite picture of the nature
of 'Germanness' and its ethno-linguistic aspects in the light of the
great changes which are underway.
The forces released by the ever greater degree of European
integration and globalisation affect languages and cultures in two
different ways - at one end of the spectrum we see features of a
global culture dominated by English as the lingua franca; at the oppo
site end of the spectrum the expression of cultural identity and the
insistence on cultural distinctiveness challenge this trend of global
harmonisation in the area of culture and language. In the face of these
two competing, but not necessarily mutually exclusive tendencies, the
recognition and safeguarding of cultural and linguistic diversity have
become crucial issues of social significance with psychological, cul
tural, political, legal and economic implications.
Highlighting the different historical/political and cultural tradi
tions of German, recognised scholars provide chapters with detailed
accounts on the linguistic settings in those countries (I) in which
German has the status of a national language and (2) where it has
official or regional official status. Consideration is also given to some
German-speaking minorities in eastern Europe. For a more detailed
account of the latter, the reader is referred to Stefan Wolffs volume
on German Minorities in Europe (2000). Wide-ranging explorations
of the interrelations between language and society in the German
speaking countries are offered in Michael Clyne's book The German
Language in a Changing Europe ( 1995) and by Stephen Barbour and
Patrick Stevenson in Variation in German ( 1990).
