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Subject(s)

• German language—History [Browse]
• German language—Social aspects [Browse]
• Sociolinguistics—Germany [Browse]

Related name

• Horan, Geraldine [Browse]
• Langer, Nils, 1969- [Browse]
• Watts, Sheila [Browse]

Series

• Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur ; no. 52. [More in this series]
• British and Irish studies in German language and literature ; Bd. 52

Notes

Some essays were originally delivered as lectures at the University of Cambridge.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction / Geraldine Horan, Nils Langer, Sheila Watts
• A landmark figure in the history of German? Charlemagne, language and literacy / Rosamond McKitterick
• Luther and Tyndale as Bible translators : achievement and legacy / John L. Flood
• Understanding German grammar takes centuries-- / Nicola McLelland
• Dictionaries and their role in the formation of German (1500-1900) / William Jervis Jones
• Texts and text types in the history of German / Maria B. Lange
• Linguistic purism in the history of German / Falco Pfalzgraf
• Deutsch : Teutons, Germans or Dutch? the problems of defining a nation / Martin Durrell
• Standard German in the nineteenth century / Winifred V. Davies
• Sociolinguistic changes in the history of low German / Nils Langer
• Gendered and political discourses : women in national socialism / Geraldine Horan
• Language in limbo? post-1945 German / C.J. Wells.

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ISBN

• 9783039118908 (alk. paper)
• 3039118900 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009023956

OCLC

402542226

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