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African American English dubbed into German

Bibliographic Data

ID3668614
AuthorsRobin Queen, Robin M Queen (0000-0001-5181-9049, University of Michigan, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume8
Issue4
Pages515-537
Publication date2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9841.2004.00272.x
OpenAlexW2048057620
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited15

This paper explores the translation of sociolinguistic variation by examining the ways that African American English (AAE) is dubbed into German. In discussing this ubiquitous yet poorly studied area of language use, I show that ideas about language as an index to social groupings are transferable to the degree that the ideas overlap in the cultures in question. In the case of German, if the character being dubbed is young, male and tied to the street cultures of the urban inner city, then AAE is dubbed using a form of German that has links to the urban youth cultures of north-central Germany. The transferability of sociolinguistic variation is important to issues related to cross-cultural communication and the ideologies that may play a role in the outcomes of that communication as well as to linguistic creativity and language style more generally

Character (mathematics · Creativity · German · Ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Variation (astronomy · History · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Psychology · Social Psychology

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