Language and German Disunity: A Sociolinguistic History of East and West in Germany, 1945-2000

By Patrick Stevenson

Book Overview

This book explores the much contested concept of Germanness from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective, tracing continuities and discontinuities in the development of Germany as a speech community from the formal division in the aftermath of the Second World War to the uncomfortable and problematic unity of the present day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198299702
• ISBN13: 9780198299707
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"