"This book is a contribution to the history of non-standard or bad German. The origin and develop... more "This book is a contribution to the history of non-standard or bad German. The origin and development of standard German was a complex process and many factors were involved in the selection, non-selection and de-selection of variants, as well as the initial promotion of certain varieties of German to supraregional status. The interest here is in non-selection and de-selection of variants and so the study focuses especially on questions such as: Why were certain constructions ignored in the formation of standard German grammar and why were others explicitly judged ill-suited for inclusion in the prestige variety? Who was responsible for these stigmatisations and what reasons were given? And finally, how was the knowledge that one shouldn't use particular constructions transmitted to the language users? At the heart of this study are
case studies of 11 morphosyntactic features of bad German as found in a selection of texts produced by norm makers, from 1600 to 2005, all of them salient Zweifelsfälle of modern German."
This chapter deals with two issues. It presents the findings of two empirical investigations into... more This chapter deals with two issues. It presents the findings of two empirical investigations into the norm knowledge and norm awareness of German teachers. These findings show that the norm transmitted in the classroom is much less homogenous than one might ...
This article will do two things. Firstly, it describes an empirical investigation into the norm a... more This article will do two things. Firstly, it describes an empirical investigation into the norm awareness/knowledge of a group of trainee teachers in southern Germany. This investigation was carried out on the basis of questionnaires aimed at establishing how,much,agreement exists regarding „correct‟ German. The findings, which indicate that there is considerable variability in the informants‟ judgements regarding „correct‟ German are then presented and interpreted and the implications of this variability for pupils are discussed. In the second part of the article the author moves on to discuss critically the arguments for and against greater norm tolerance at schools, with reference to issues such as the role of a standard variety, the social and subjective dimensions of intelligibility, barriers to literacy and the implications of a more critical approach to the „appropriateness‟ model of linguistic variation. The potential contribution of norm tolerance to an emancipatory educati...
... speech in the 1940 Nazi film Jud Sui; one of the stereotyped Jewish features ... Werner Sauer... more ... speech in the 1940 Nazi film Jud Sui; one of the stereotyped Jewish features ... Werner Sauer, "Norms and reforms: Fixing the form of the language," discusses German orthography. The authors trace the history of German spelling and orthographic-reform movements, and include ...
... Linguistic variation and language attitudes in Mannheim-Neckarau. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTOR... more ... Linguistic variation and language attitudes in Mannheim-Neckarau. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Davies, WV. PUBLISHER: F. Steiner (Stuttgart). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 3515068341 ). VOLUME/EDITION: PAGES (INTRO/BODY): 224 ...
"This book is a contribution to the history of non-standard or bad German. The origin and develop... more "This book is a contribution to the history of non-standard or bad German. The origin and development of standard German was a complex process and many factors were involved in the selection, non-selection and de-selection of variants, as well as the initial promotion of certain varieties of German to supraregional status. The interest here is in non-selection and de-selection of variants and so the study focuses especially on questions such as: Why were certain constructions ignored in the formation of standard German grammar and why were others explicitly judged ill-suited for inclusion in the prestige variety? Who was responsible for these stigmatisations and what reasons were given? And finally, how was the knowledge that one shouldn't use particular constructions transmitted to the language users? At the heart of this study are
case studies of 11 morphosyntactic features of bad German as found in a selection of texts produced by norm makers, from 1600 to 2005, all of them salient Zweifelsfälle of modern German."
This chapter deals with two issues. It presents the findings of two empirical investigations into... more This chapter deals with two issues. It presents the findings of two empirical investigations into the norm knowledge and norm awareness of German teachers. These findings show that the norm transmitted in the classroom is much less homogenous than one might ...
This article will do two things. Firstly, it describes an empirical investigation into the norm a... more This article will do two things. Firstly, it describes an empirical investigation into the norm awareness/knowledge of a group of trainee teachers in southern Germany. This investigation was carried out on the basis of questionnaires aimed at establishing how,much,agreement exists regarding „correct‟ German. The findings, which indicate that there is considerable variability in the informants‟ judgements regarding „correct‟ German are then presented and interpreted and the implications of this variability for pupils are discussed. In the second part of the article the author moves on to discuss critically the arguments for and against greater norm tolerance at schools, with reference to issues such as the role of a standard variety, the social and subjective dimensions of intelligibility, barriers to literacy and the implications of a more critical approach to the „appropriateness‟ model of linguistic variation. The potential contribution of norm tolerance to an emancipatory educati...
... speech in the 1940 Nazi film Jud Sui; one of the stereotyped Jewish features ... Werner Sauer... more ... speech in the 1940 Nazi film Jud Sui; one of the stereotyped Jewish features ... Werner Sauer, "Norms and reforms: Fixing the form of the language," discusses German orthography. The authors trace the history of German spelling and orthographic-reform movements, and include ...
... Linguistic variation and language attitudes in Mannheim-Neckarau. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTOR... more ... Linguistic variation and language attitudes in Mannheim-Neckarau. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Davies, WV. PUBLISHER: F. Steiner (Stuttgart). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 3515068341 ). VOLUME/EDITION: PAGES (INTRO/BODY): 224 ...
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case studies of 11 morphosyntactic features of bad German as found in a selection of texts produced by norm makers, from 1600 to 2005, all of them salient Zweifelsfälle of modern German."
case studies of 11 morphosyntactic features of bad German as found in a selection of texts produced by norm makers, from 1600 to 2005, all of them salient Zweifelsfälle of modern German."