Germanic standardizations : past to present / edited by Ana Deumert, Wim Vandenbussche.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deumert, Ana.

Vandenbussche, Wim.

Series:

Impact, studies in language and society ; 18.

Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--Standardization.

Germanic languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 479 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a comparative, socio-historical study of the Germanic standard languages (Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Frisian, German, Icelandic, Low German, Luxemburgish, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish as well as the Caribbean and Pacific Creole languages). Each of the 16 orginal chapters systematically discusses central aspects of the standardization process, including dialect selection, codification, elaboration and diffusion of the standard norm across the speech community, as well as incipient processes of de-standardization and re-standardization.

Contents:

Germanic Standardizations

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Contents

Standard languages

Notes

References

Afrikaans

Caribbean Creoles

Danish

Dutch

English

Faroese

Frisian

German

Icelandic

Low German

Luxembourgish

Norwegian

Pacific Pidgins and Creoles

Scots

Swedish

Yiddish

Research directions in the study of language standardization

Index

The series IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612255342

9781282255340

1282255347

9789027296306

9027296308

9781423761303

1423761308

OCLC:

55664363