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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968516403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2003

ISBN

9786612255342

9781282255340

1282255347

9789027296306

9027296308

9781423761303

1423761308

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 479 pages)

Collana

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

Classificazione

GB 4030

Altri autori (Persone)

DeumertAna

VandenbusscheWim

Disciplina

430

Soggetti

Germanic languages - Standardization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Germanic Standardizations -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Contents -- Standard languages -- Notes -- References -- Afrikaans -- Notes -- References -- Caribbean Creoles -- Notes -- References -- Danish -- Notes -- References -- Dutch -- Notes -- References -- English -- Notes -- References -- Faroese -- Notes -- References -- Frisian -- Notes -- References -- German -- Notes -- References -- Icelandic -- References -- Low German -- Notes -- References -- Luxembourgish -- Notes -- References -- Norwegian -- Notes -- References -- Pacific Pidgins and Creoles -- Notes -- References -- Scots -- Notes -- References -- Swedish -- References -- Yiddish -- Notes -- References -- Research directions in the study of language standardization -- Notes -- References -- Index -- The series IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY.

Sommario/riassunto

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.