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Thu May 13 2004
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julia.ulrich, Diglossia and Power: Schjerve (Ed)
Message 1: Diglossia and Power: Schjerve (Ed)
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 07:42:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: julia.ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
Subject: Diglossia and Power: Schjerve (Ed)
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)
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