ISBN:
9783110197204
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (357 pages)
Series Statement:
Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] Ser. v.9
DDC:
306.440943609034
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Mehrsprachigkeit
;
Sprachkontakt
;
Diglossie
;
Herrschaft
;
Sprachpolitik
;
Soziolinguistik
;
Österreich-Ungarn
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This book is about the struggle for social power in the interethnic context of the Austrian part of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire. It explores how the struggle for power is reflected in attempts to control language use at different levels of discursive interaction, and how, in a context of intricate and multiple language contact, language became a prominent site for interethnic controversies and conflict. The book shows how, in the wake of ongoing democratization, in particular in 1848-1849 and after 1860, the non-German speaking nationalities of the Empire attempted to redefine their status by demanding recognition of their languages and cultures while German-dominated state nationalism tried to reestablish its endangered hegemony by granting linguistic and cultural autonomy to the various ethnic groups.
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