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Author : Jürgen B. Heye
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111678696
Author : Juergen B. Heye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:632102029
Author : Agnieszka Stępkowska
Publisher : Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3631639201
This study examines the use of English in Switzerland from a multilingual perspective based on a corpus of 400 interviews collected in the German speaking Canton of Zurich. It presents a framework for explaining the linguistic interaction that arises as a result of the use of a -globalizing- language in a multilingual context. It has given the relationships that obtain between the various Swiss national languages a hierarchical character. The proposed Swiss framework indicates - viewed through a macro-sociolinguistic lens - that the present linguistic situation in Switzerland seems to reflect a growing symbiotic relationship between English and the Swiss vernaculars."
Author : Kenneth McRae
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889203136
After the French Revolution, Switzerland developed from a country in which German dominated linguistically into a confederation of four officially recognized language groups -- German, French, Italian, Romansh -- concentrated in different geographical areas and marked by distinctive cultures and lifestyles. Following a historical overview of this development and the social and political institutionalization of the linguistic cleavages, McRae's study examines key elements in the functioning of modern Swiss society: political parties, federal and cantonal institutions, the media, educational and cultural policies, the relation between the linguistic cleavages and class and religion, the attitudes and behaviour of the four language groups to one another. It concludes by reviewing the various explanations advanced to explain the relative social and political stability of Switzerland. This book is the first volume in a projected multi-volume work examining four multilingual Western democracies. The volumes to come will focus on Belgium (scheduled for publication in 1985), Finland, and Canada.
Author : Liliane Mangold Vassberg
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853591726
A German dialect spoken in Alsace (France), has rapidly lost way to French since 1945. This book investigates language choice, language attitudes and ethnic identity in Alsace today. The Alsatian case study points out the complex interrelationship of linguistic and identity change with historical, social and psychological processes.
Author : Nancy Jokovich,Sophia Behrens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038030529
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119497647
Author : William C. McCormack,Stephen A. Wurm
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110806489
Author : Felicity J. Rash
Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019430102
This book offers a broad survey of issues relating to the German language in Switzerland. The initial focus is on the German-speaking community's relationship with the French, Italian and Romansh language communities. Consideration is then given to the complex issue of diglossia within the germanophone Swiss community, and the maintenance of both the Swiss German dialects and the Swiss German standard language as co-existent codes of equal status. The Swiss German dialects, the Swiss variety of standard German, and the influence of various foreign languages on both of these language forms are described in some detail. Finally, sociolinguistic issues affecting the German language in Switzerland are considered: the connection between social variation and linguistic change; language variation stemming from differences of age, sex and ethnic origin; and linguistic behaviour and phatic communication.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Nationalism
ISBN : UOM:39015073050604
Author : Christin Paulston
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015013442002
This comprehensive handbook introduces a theoretical framework of the contextual situations of language maintenance and shift in which are found bilingualism and bilingual education. It presents us with the basic facts about language and language families in the world and where they are located, and illustrates the range of possibilities of languages in contact. A major portion of this important work is devoted to a series of case studies of bilingualism/multilingualism within nation states, arranged alphabetically, and representing specific situations in all corners of the world. Each chapter stands alone and can be read for the information it contains. The book provides a valuabe resource for theory testing and documents the range of educational policies for minority social groups, and emphasizes the legitimacy and importance of scholarly study of this complex social issue.
Author : Heinz K. Meier,Regula A. Meier
Publisher : Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026016092
Author : Durk Gorter
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853599163
The book contains a collection of studies of the linguistic landscape - the use of written language on signs in the public sphere - in 5 different societies: Israel, Japan, Thailand, the Netherlands (Friesland) and Spain (Basque Country). All contributions focus on multilingualism in the social context of the major cities.
Author : Francesc Domínguez,Núria López
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027219510
This directory gives guidance in the complicated world of sociolinguistic and language planning organizations, giving structural information on regional, national, provincial and community level, both public and private. Each entry gives full details, including full addresses, phone/fax numbers, Director's name, and information on the organization s activities, programs, publications, work in progress and plans for the future.
Author : François Grin,Claudio Sfreddo,François Vaillancourt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136978289
This book proposes a path-breaking study of the economics of multilingualism at work, proposing a systematic approach to the identification and measurement of the ways in which language skills and economic performance are related. Using the instruments of economic investigation, but also explicitly relating the analysis to the approaches to multilingualism at work developed in the language sciences, this interdisciplinary book proposes a systematic, step-by-step exploration of the issue. Starting from a general identification of the linkages between multilingualism and processes of value creation, it reviews the contributions of linguistics and economics before developing a new economic model of production in which language is taken into account. Testing of the model using data from two countries provides quantitative estimations of the influence of multilingualism on economic processes, showing that foreign language skills can make a considerable contribution to a country’s GDP. These findings have significant implications for language policy and suggest strategies helping language planners to harness market forces for increased effectiveness. A technical appendix shows how the novel technical and statistical procedures developed in this study can be generalized, and applied wherever researchers or decision makers need to identify and measure the value of multilingualism.
