To what extent does the use of Swiss German and attitudes towards this variety suggest that dialect is replacing standard in diglossic Switzerland: A

by Jonathan Morris

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject German Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Manchester, language: English, abstract: Ferguson's initial definition of diglossia describes the use of 'two language varieties [that] exist side by side throughout the community, each having a definite role to play' (1959, repr. 1972: 232). The relationship between the Swiss dialects (which will be referred to from hereon as SG) and Swiss Standard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3640612248
• ISBN13: 9783640612246
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"