Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Places mentioned in the text
- German, Dutch and Frisian dialects
- Introduction
- 1 The status of German in contemporary Europe
- 2 German as a pluricentric language
- 3 German in divided and unified Germany
- 4 Language and regionalism in Germany and Austria
- 5 Communication patterns
- 6 Gender, generation and politics – variation and change in language and discourse
- 7 Communication norms and communication barriers
- 8 Recent Anglo-American influence
- Closing remarks
- Glossary of linguistic terms used
- Bibliography
- Subject index
- Index of names
Closing remarks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Places mentioned in the text
- German, Dutch and Frisian dialects
- Introduction
- 1 The status of German in contemporary Europe
- 2 German as a pluricentric language
- 3 German in divided and unified Germany
- 4 Language and regionalism in Germany and Austria
- 5 Communication patterns
- 6 Gender, generation and politics – variation and change in language and discourse
- 7 Communication norms and communication barriers
- 8 Recent Anglo-American influence
- Closing remarks
- Glossary of linguistic terms used
- Bibliography
- Subject index
- Index of names
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- The German Language in a Changing Europe , pp. 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995