Deconstructing the myth of Standard German

Navigating language ideologies in the L2 German university classroom

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8935879
AutoresVišnja Milojičić (Department of Applied Linguistics The Pennsylvania State University State College Pennsylvania USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen56
Número2
Páginas453-479
Fecha de publicación2022-11-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/flan.12665
OpenAlexW4310187952
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas29

Previous research has established a connection between Standard Language Ideology (SLI) and prestige and power and has highlighted the existence of a dominant cultural narrative that idealizes Standard High German as a provider of cultural elevation and unity, viewing nonstandard Germanic varieties as exotic. Nevertheless, scholars have likewise emphasized the importance of familiarizing L2 German students with the standard and nonstandard regional and dialectal varieties that are widely used within and across Germanic‐speaking countries. Through a grounded ethnographic approach involving classroom observations and interviews, the study suggests that the L2 German university students observed seemed to believe in the superiority of Standard German despite efforts by their instructors to counter this belief. The study extends previous research by illustrating L2 German instructors' negotiation strategies, used to highlight the communicative legitimacy of German and Austrian dialects to their students

Ethnography · German · Ideology · Legitimacy · Linguistics · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Social science · Sociology · Standard language · Anthropology · Law · Linguistic research and analysis · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching