This book provides an overview of the global position of the German language and its recent history. It illuminates the position of German in the context of a global constellation of competing languages, examining unique features and congruities in such areas as business, scienc…
This book provides an overview of the global position of the German language and its recent history. It illuminates the position of German in the context of a global constellation of competing languages, examining unique features and congruities in such areas as business, scienc…
This book provides an overview of the global position of the German language and its recent history. It illuminates the position of German in the context of a global constellation of competing languages, examining unique features and congruities in such areas as business, scienc…
Organized into six thematic rubrics, this book demonstrates that Yiddish, always a border-crossing language, continues to push boundaries with vigorous disciplinary exchange. "Writing on the Edge" focuses on the realm of belles lettres; "Yiddish and the City" spans the urban cen…
The present volume seeks to unite the research of a range of scholars working on features of non-standard, vernacular English which show an areal distribution, i.e. which cluster geographically across the world. The volume is concerned with dialect input, innovations among varie…
An overview of the current state and the future directions of the English language in Europe. The book examines the development of English from a Germanic tongue into an international language, and considers bilingualism among Europeans.
Biographical note: Andreas Gardt is Professor of German Studies at the University of Kassel, Germany. Bernd Hüppauf is Professor of German Studies at New York University, USA.
Is the world en route to becoming a linguistic colony of the United States? Or is this dramatic view an exaggeration, and there is no danger to linguistic diversity at all? The German language is at the center of an intensive debate on this issue. Its position in the world is un…
"The articles in this volume deal with the national and international position of German in relation to English, language policies, the future of German as a language of science, German in the USA, and the intellectual and aesthetic dimensions of encountering a foreign language.…
