Invisibilising Austrian German : on the effect of linguistic prescriptions and educational reforms on writing practices in 18-century Austria / Anna Dorothea Havinga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Havinga, Anna, author.

Series:

Lingua historica Germanica ; 2363-7951 18.

Lingua historica Germanica ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--History--18th century.

Germanic languages.

Sociolinguistics--Austria--History--18th century.

Sociolinguistics.

Language policy--Austria--History--18th century.

Language policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book provides an insight into the standardisation process of German in eighteenth-century Austria. It describes how norms prescribed by grammarians were actually implemented via a school reform carried out by educationalist Johann Ignaz Felbiger on the order of Empress Maria Theresa. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were undertaken of certain Upper German features (e-apocope, the absence of the prefix ge- and the ending -t in past participles, and variants of the verb form sind) in reading primers, issues of the Wienerisches Diarium / Wiener Zeitung and petitionary letters. These reveal how such variants became increasingly 'invisible' in writing. This process of 'invisibilisation', i.e. a process of stigmatization which prevents the use of certain varieties and variants in writing, can be attributed to a number of factors: Empress Maria Theresa's appeal for a language reform, the normative work by eighteenth-century grammarians, the implementation of educational reforms, and the early introduction of East Central German variants in newspaper issues.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Abbreviations and notes on presentation

1. Introduction

2. Language, Enlightenment and education in 18th-century Austria

3. Grammarians' norm prescriptions

4. The implementation of the language reform

5. Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110546491

3110546493

9783110547047

311054704X

OCLC:

1024021687