ISBN:
9783631803080
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (282 pages)
Series Statement:
Oesterreichisches Deutsch - Sprache der Gegenwart Ser. v.21
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.44094000000001
Keywords:
Language and languages-Variation
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Electronic books.
Abstract:
European pluricentric languages, contact and conflict in European pluricentric languages, Human rights for pluricentric languages, Disputes about the status of Post-Yougoslav-languages and reflections on the pluricentricty of Finno-Ugric languages, Languages and identity conflicts on the Iberian peninsula and on the British Isles.
Abstract:
Cover -- Copyright information -- Preface -- Contents -- List of contributors -- European pluricentric languages in contact and conflict - An overview -- Objectives of this paper -- Part I: Defining the boundaries and countries of Europe -- 1 What is the meaning of the term "Europe"? -- Part II: Defining the term "language", setting up a complete list of European languages and a list of European pluricentric languages -- 1 Coping with problems in defining and listing the European languages -- 1.1 Existing lists denoting "European languages" -- 1.2 Problems with the definition of the terms "language" and "European language" -- (a) Different numbers of languages in different lists -- (b) Different names with different spellings for the "same" language -- (c) Unclear concepts related to the term "language" -- 2 A new attempt to define the pluricentric languages of Europe and their national varieties: defining the term "language" by classifying "lingoids" according to their status in order to become "languages" -- 2.1 Criteria and concepts to define the term "language" -- 2.2 The number of European lingoids that are potentially "languages" -- Part III: A comprehensive list of all European languages and lingoids - Classified according to their occurrence and status -- 1 Category (1): acknowledged lingoids with predominant rights that are used with this status in only one nation: national monocentric languages (21): -- 2 Category (2): acknowledged lingoids that are used within more than one nation where they have the highest status: national pluricentric languages (27): -- 3 Acknowledged lingoids (and thus languages) used in just one nation - But with a common history and shared linguistic features with the language(s) of other nations: national varieties of pluricentric languages: (65):.
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