Standardization : studies from the Germanic languages / editors, Andrew R. Linn, Nicola McLelland.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Linn, Andrew Robert.

McLelland, Nicola.

Conference Name:

Standard-Germanic Conference (2001 : University of Sheffield)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 235.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 235

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--Standardization--Congresses.

Germanic languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002.

Language Note:

English

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-standardization and re-standardization.

Contents:

STANDARDIZATION STUDIES FROM THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

INTRODUCTION

References

STANDARDIZATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS THE EMERGENCE AND DIFFUSION OF STANDARD AFRIKAANS

1. Introduction: Historical sociolinguistics and the study of languagestandardization

2. Variation and standardization: The Cape Dutch variety spectrum around 1900

3. Afrikaner nationalism and early standardization efforts at the Cape

4. Social mobility, nationalism and types of knowledge: A macro-level approach to social network analysis and language standardization

5. Language use, innovativeness and linguistic diffusion: A micro-level approach to social network analysis and language standardization

6. Ties of coalition and cooperation - the Afrikaner nationalists ' network

7. A new standard language at the Cape: The rise of Afrikaans

8. Conclusion: network analysis, the diffusion of standard languages and sociolinguistic theory

DUTCH ORTHOGRAPHY IN LOWER, MIDDLE ANDUPPER CLASS DOCUMENTS IN 19TH-CENTURY FLANDERS

1. Introduction

2. Spelling norms

3. Spelling reality

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion

STANDARD GERMAN IN THE 19TH CENTURY?(COUNTER-) EVIDENCE FROM THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF 'ORDINARY PEOPLE'

1. Introduction: German standard(s)

2. Literacy in the German speaking countries in the 19* century

3. Standardization processes as reflected in private correspondence

4. Analysis of selected grammatical features

5. Conclusion: Standard German in the 19* century - a myth?

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE GRAMMARS FOR A HISTORY OF STANDARD GERMAN

2. The history of standard German

3. The importance of Early L2 Grammars

4. The data

References.

NORMS AND STANDARDSIN 16TH-CENTURY SWEDISH ORTHOGRAPHY

Introduction

Norms and standards

Orthographic representations and automatic writing

16th-century standard

Changes in 16th -century periodic norms

16th-century social norms

Group identity and provenance

Discussion

Conclusion

EMERGING MOTHER-TONGUE AWARENESS THE SPECIAL CASE OF DUTCH AND GERMAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF LANGUAGE PLANNING IN BELGIUM

2. Theoretical background

3. 'Belgium ' before 1830

4. Belgium from 1830 onwards

5. Conclusions

POLITICAL INFLECTIONS GRAMMAR AND THE ICELANDIC SURNAME DEBATE

2. Background

3. Guömundur Kamban

4. Jóhannes L.L. Jóhannsson

5. Íslenzk mannanöfn (1915)

6. Conclusion

STANDARDIZATION, LANGUAGE CHANGE, RESISTANCE AND THE QUESTION OF LINGUISTIC THREAT 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH AND PRESENT-DAY GERMAN

2. Standardization and purism

3. Germany today - purism in old and new guises

4. Conclusion

THE STANDARDIZATION OF LUXEMBOURGISH

The language situation

Internal change

External change

Education Act of 1912

Radio

Luxembourg Linguistic Society

Spelling

Purism

The Luxembourgish Dictionary

Grammars of Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish as a school subject

Reaction to the official orthography and a move to standard forms

LANGUAGE PLANNING IN NORWAY A BOLD EXPERIMENT WITH UNEXPECTED RESULTS

'DEMOCRATIC' AND 'ELITIST' TRENDS AND A FRISIAN STANDARD

2 Old Frisian (11th century -1500/1550)

3. Gysbert Japicx (1603-1666)

4. J.H. Halbertsma (1789-1869)

5. Harmen Sytstra (1817-1862).

6. After 1915

7. Some aspects of the present situation

8. Conclusion

YIDDISH NO STATE, NO STATUS - NO STANDARD?

STANDARDIZATION PROCESSES AND THE MID-ATLANTIC ENGLISH PARADIGM

Official and unofficial governing bodies

British English norms and sanctioned EFL standards in Europe

Competing standards

Lesser-used languages and languages with global spread

Rejecting the culture-specific norm

English as the lingua franca

Kachru and the deconstruction of native-speaker hegemony

The postcolonial dimension of English standardization

Standardization f or learners of the world's lingua franca

English in mainland Europe

Mid-Atlantic English in a mainland European context

The demise of 'valued' and 'less valued' varieties

Standardization and the MAE paradigm

Processes of Americanization

MAE and the international status of English

The ideology of internationalism

The Swedish origins of MAE

English in a culturally pluralistic EU

Studies in Mid-Atlantic English

Variety building

The symposium

BrE and the challenge of MAE and American English

INDEX.

Notes:

"... fourteen papers ... first presented at the Standard-Germanic conference held 4-7 January 2001 at the University of Sheffield"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613469380

9781283469388

1283469383

9789027283672

9027283672

OCLC:

741491895