Multilingualism and English

The Canton of Zurich as a linguistic paradigm

AvAgnieszka Stepkowska

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del 14 i serien Warsaw Studies in English Language and Literature

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Beskrivning

This study examines the use of English in Switzerland from a multilingual perspective based on a corpus of 400 interviews collected in the German speaking Canton of Zurich. It presents a framework for explaining the linguistic interaction that arises as a result of the use of a «globalizing» language in a multilingual context. It has given the relationships that obtain between the various Swiss national languages a hierarchical character. The proposed Swiss framework indicates – viewed through a macro-sociolinguistic lens – that the present linguistic situation in Switzerland seems to reflect a growing symbiotic relationship between English and the Swiss vernaculars.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 27 mm
Vikt:630 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Warsaw Studies in English Language and Literature
Antal sidor:414
Förlag:Peter Lang AG
ISBN:9783631639207

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Agnieszka Stępkowska received her PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, in 2004. She is a lecturer at the School of English, the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. Her research interests focus on translation studies, multilingualism and the sociology of language. She has published a book on English loanwords in Polish naval vocabulary and numerous papers on various topics.

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: English in Rivalry – The Nature of a Dominant Language – Standard and Varieties – No-man’s-Language – Linguistic Pragmatism – Multilingual Perspective of Language Contact – Macro-sociolinguistic Aspects of Contact Linguistics – Mechanisms of Language Change – The Ecology of Languages – The Quality of Swiss-style Diversity – English in Switzerland – Switzerland: a Paradigmatic View – Language Policy and Protection – Schooling – Research: the Canton of Zurich – Towards a Linguistic Paradigm.