The German Language in Switzerland: Multilingualism, Diglossia and Variation - Couverture souple

Rash, Felicity

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3906757684 ISBN 13 : 9783906757681

Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 1998

Synopsis

This book offers a broad survey of issues relating to the German language in Switzerland. The initial focus is on the German-speaking community's relationship with the French, Italian and Romansh language communities. Consideration is then given to the complex issue of diglossia within the germanophone Swiss community, and the maintenance of both the Swiss German dialects and the Swiss German standard language as co-existent codes of equal status. The Swiss German dialects, the Swiss variety of standard German, and the influence of various foreign languages on both of these language forms are described in some detail. Finally, sociolinguistic issues affecting the German language in Switzerland are considered : the connection between social variation and linguistic change ; language variation stemming from differences of age, sex and ethnic origin ; and linguistic behaviour and phatic communication.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Dr. Felicity Rash is a Lecturer in German at Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London). Her published work includes her doctoral thesis, French and Italian lexical influences in German-speaking Switzerland (1550-1650), and articles on German sociolinguistics and German-Swiss literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verlag Peter Lang
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3906757684
• ISBN 13: 9783906757681
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 321
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible