Reconstructing the Past? Low German and the Creating of Regional Identity in Public Language Display

Autor/in	Reershemius, Gertrud
Titel	Reconstructing the Past? Low German and the Creating of Regional Identity in Public Language Display
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 32 (2011) 1, S. 33-54Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Language Skill Attrition; Language Maintenance; Linguistic Borrowing; Foreign Countries; German; Standard Spoken Usage; Bilingualism; Regional Characteristics; Language Variation; Language Minorities; Publications; Tourism; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverfall; Sprachpflege; Lehnwort; Ausland; Deutscher; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Bilingualismus; Regionaler Faktor; Sprachenvielfalt; Sprachminderheit; Tourismus; Deutschland
Abstract	This article deals with language contact between a dominant standard language--German--and a lesser-used variety--Low German--in a situation in which the minoritised language is threatened by language shift and language loss. It analyses the application of Low German in forms of public language display and the self-presentation of the community in tourism brochures, focusing on bilingual linguistic practices on the one hand and on underlying discourses on the other. It reveals that top-down and bottom-up approaches to implementing Low German in public language display show a remarkable homogeneity, thus creating a regional "brand". The article asks whether a raised level of visibility will in itself guarantee better chances for linguistic maintenance and survival of the threatened language. (Contains 10 figures, 1 table, and 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10