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degruyter.com>Title: Diglossia and Power Subtitle: Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire Series Title: Language, Power and Social Process 9 Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com Editor: Rosita Rindler Schjerve, University of Vienna, Austria Paperback: ISBN: 3110176548, Pages: vi, 351, Price: U.S. $ 29.95 Comment: Euro: 29.95 Abstract: This book is about the struggle for social power in the inter-ethnic 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. FROM THE CONTENTS: Introduction ROSITA RINDLER SCHJERVE I. HISTORICAL CONTEXT Language and power in the Habsburg Empire: The historical context THOMAS WALLNIG II. THEORY AND METHODS Historical sociolinguistics and multilingualism: Theoretical and methodological issues in the development of a multifunctional framework ROSITA RINDLER SCHJERVE AND EVA VETTER III. CASE STUDIES 1. Language policy and domain-specific discourse Discourse, hegemony and polyglossia in the judicial system of Trieste in the 19th century SUSANNE CZEITSCHNER Discourse and hegemony: The case of the Ukrainian language in Galicia under Austrian rule (1772 - 1914) JAN FELLERER The seamy side of the Habsburgs' liberal language policy: Intended and factual reality of language use in Plzen's educational system STEFAN MICHAEL NEWERKLA 2. Discourses of hegemony and subordination Language and power in an Italian crownland of the Habsburg Empire: The ideological dimension of diglossia in Lombardy Gualtiero Boaglio Discursive practice in Bukovina textbooks: Aspects of hegemony and subordination PETREA LINDENBAUER Hegemonic discourse in the Habsburg Empire: The case of education. A critical discourse analysis of two mid 19th century government documents EVA VETTER IV. SUMMARY Conclusion ROSITA RINDLER SCHJERVE Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=10235.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue