Diglossia and Power : Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire / / Rosita Rindler Schjerve

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782503203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]; ©2003
• ISBN: 1-282-19376-7; 9786612193767; 3-11-019720-0
• Edizione: [Reprint 2013]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Collana: Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] ; ; 9
• Disciplina: 306.44/09436/09034
• Soggetti: Diglossia (Linguistics); Diglossia (Linguistics) - History - 19th century - Austria; Sociolinguistics - History - 19th century - Austria; Language policy - History - 19th century - Austria; Languages & Literatures; Philology & Linguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Historical context -- Chapter 1. Language and power in the Habsburg Empire: The historical context -- II. Theory and methods -- Chapter 2. Historical sociolinguistics and multilingualism: Theoretical and methodological issues in the development of a multifunctional framework -- III. Case studies -- Chapter 3. Discourse, hegemony and polyglossia in the judicial system of Trieste in the 19th century -- Chapter 4. Discourse and hegemony: The case of the Ukrainian language in Galicia under Austrian rule (1772-1914) -- Chapter 5. The seamy side of the Habsburgs' liberal language policy: Intended and factual reality of language use in Plzeň's educational system -- Chapter 6. Language and power in an Italian crownland of the Habsburg Empire: The ideological dimension of diglossia in Lombardy -- Chapter 7. Discursive practice in Bukovina textbooks: Aspects of hegemony and subordination -- Chapter 8. Hegemonic discourse in the Habsburg Empire: The case of ; education. A critical discourse analysis of two mid 19th century government documents -- IV. Summary -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is about the struggle for social power in the interethnic context of the Austrian part of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire. It explores how the struggle for power is reflected in attempts to control language use at different levels of discursive interaction, and how, in a context of intricate and multiple language contact, language became a prominent site for interethnic controversies and conflict. The book shows how, in the wake of ongoing democratization, in particular in 1848-1849 and after 1860, the non-German speaking nationalities of the Empire attempted to redefine the