National Varieties of German Outside Germany

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Wien, 2000. num. fig. and tab. German Linguistic and Cultural Studies. Vol. 8 General Editor: Peter Rolf Lutzeier In what way do the national varieties of German outside Germany differ? How do they manifest themselves in different levels of language use? What attitudes exist towards the use of these varieties and how are they reflected in national and European-wide language policies? What is the role of the media? This collection of especially commissioned articles, written in English by internationally renowned experts, explores these and related questions. It draws together research on the status and role of German and on attitudes towards its use in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy (South Tyrol), France (Alsace), Denmark (Nordschleswig) and Hungary. Contents: Gabrielle Hogan-Brun: The Landscapes of German across Europe: An Ecolinguistic Perspective - Stephen Barbour: 'Deutsch' as a Linguistic, Ethnic and National Label: Cultural and Political Consequences of a Multiple Ambiguity - Stefan Wolff: German as a Minority Language: The Legislative and Policy Framework in Europe - Felicity Rash: Outsiders' Attitudes towards the Swiss German Dialects and Swiss Standard German - Victoria Martin: The German Language in Austria - Peter Nelde and Jeroen Darquennes: German in Old and New Belgium - Gerald Newton: The Use of German in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Antony Alcock: From Tragedy to Triumph: The German Language in South Tyrol 1922-2000 - Karen Margrethe Pedersen: German as First Language and Minority Second Language in Denmark - Judith Broadbridge: Alsatian: A Living Variety? A Sociolinguistic Study of SouthernAlsace - Patrick Stevenson: The Multilingual Marketplace: German as a Hungarian Language.