Standardization: studies from the Germanic languages
by Linn, Andrew Robert McLelland, Nicola
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 diffusin…
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- Full title :Standardization : studies from the Germanic languages / edited by Andrew R. Linn and Nicola McLelland.
Summary
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-
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- Publication Date:©2002.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027283672, 9027283672, 1283469383, 9781283469388, 9786613469380, 6613469386
- oclc:ocn746885273
- LC Classification:PD74.7
- Dewey Decimal:430
Table of Contents
STANDARDIZATION STUDIES FROM THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES; STANDARDIZATION STUDIES FROM THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Editorial page; Title page; Title page; Copyright page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; STANDARDIZATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS THE EMERGENCE AND DIFFUSION OF STANDARD AFRIKAANS; STANDARDIZATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS THE EMERGENCE AND DIFFUSION OF STANDARD AFRIKAANS; DUTCH ORTHOGRAPHY IN LOWER, MIDDLE ANDUPPER CLASS DOCUMENTS IN 19TH-CENTURY FLANDERS.
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