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1 online resource (vi, 479 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Impact, studies in language and society,
1385-7908 ;
v. 18
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Impact, studies in language and society ; 18.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Germanic Standardizations; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Standard languages; Afrikaans; Caribbean Creoles; Danish; Dutch; English; Faroese; Frisian; German; Icelandic; Low German; Luxembourgish; Norwegian; Pacific Pidgins and Creoles; Scots; Swedish; Yiddish; Research directions in the study of language standardization; Index; The series IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY. |
| Summary |
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. The strongly co. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Germanic languages -- Standardization.
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Germanic languages -- Standardization. |
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Germanic languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Deumert, Ana.
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Vandenbussche, Wim.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Germanic standardizations. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003 9027218560 1588114376 (DLC) 2003060721 (OCoLC)52806008 |
| ISBN |
1423761308 (electronic book) |
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9781423761303 (electronic book) |
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9027296308 |
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9789027296306 |
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9789027218568 |
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9027218560 |
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1588114376 (alkaline paper ; U.S.) |
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