Stephen Barbour
Biographic Data
| ID | 736214 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Barbour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Barbour |
| SIGNATURE | BARBOUR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Variation in German
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg
The area under consideration in this chapter corresponds very roughly indeed to the German-speaking area in Europe. More precisely, it corresponds to those states in which the majority of the population has German as its mother tongue. In the context of a discussion of language and nationalism, even an apparently simple statement like the last one requires extensive qualification. First of all, the states in question represent only those in which…
Language and nationalism in Europe
"This book examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural, and national identities in Europe. It considers the way in which language politics may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in France), or sometimes tend to undermine the nation-state (as in Spain). After an introduction describing the interactive roles of language, ethnicity, culture, and institutions in the character and formation of nationalism …
Accents, dialects and languages. National differences in the evaluation of language varieties
Reflections on Nationalism and Language
The Dialects of Modern German
Variation in German
1. Introduction 2. The historical background 3. The German tradition of dialectology 4. Language and society: urban speech, urbanization and 'new dialectology' 5. Sociolinguistic variation and the continuum of colloquial speech 6. Standard and non-standard German: their role in society 7. Language in multilingual societies: the Federal Republic and Switzerland 8. Contact and conflict 9. Conclusions and prospects
Variation in German
Variation in German
Dialects and the teaching of a standard language
In applied sociolinguistics in West Germany the notion has been influential that the indigenous working class is separated from the middle class by a linguistic barrier and thus is at a linguistic disadvantage, as well as suffering other forms of disadvantage. The paper places this view in its context within German work on language and society, examines it critically, and outlines why, in the author's view, it is of questionable validity. (Sociol…
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Dialects and the teaching of a standard language
In applied sociolinguistics in West Germany the notion has been influential that the indigenous working class is separated from the middle class by a linguistic barrier and thus is at a linguistic disadvantage, as well as suffering other forms of disadvantage. The paper places this view in its context within German work on language and society, examines it critically, and outlines why, in the author's view, it is of questionable validity. (Sociol…
Variation in German
Variation in German
The Dialects of Modern German
Variation in German
1. Introduction 2. The historical background 3. The German tradition of dialectology 4. Language and society: urban speech, urbanization and 'new dialectology' 5. Sociolinguistic variation and the continuum of colloquial speech 6. Standard and non-standard German: their role in society 7. Language in multilingual societies: the Federal Republic and Switzerland 8. Contact and conflict 9. Conclusions and prospects
Reflections on Nationalism and Language
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg
The area under consideration in this chapter corresponds very roughly indeed to the German-speaking area in Europe. More precisely, it corresponds to those states in which the majority of the population has German as its mother tongue. In the context of a discussion of language and nationalism, even an apparently simple statement like the last one requires extensive qualification. First of all, the states in question represent only those in which…
Language and nationalism in Europe
"This book examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural, and national identities in Europe. It considers the way in which language politics may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in France), or sometimes tend to undermine the nation-state (as in Spain). After an introduction describing the interactive roles of language, ethnicity, culture, and institutions in the character and formation of nationalism …
Accents, dialects and languages. National differences in the evaluation of language varieties
Variation in German
Linguistics (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · German (7 works) · Linguistic research and analysis (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies in Language (4 works) · Law (4 works)