Publications

Publication details [#17999]

Stevenson, Patrick, ed. 1995. The German language and the real world: Sociolinguistic, cultural, and pragmatic perspectives on contemporary German. Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press. xviii + 406 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

audience | ideology | language and reality | metalanguage | power

Language as a subject

German

Annotation

This collection of essays provides descriptive, theoretical and analytical contributions to the study of forms, functions and uses of contemporary German, and insights into the interests and approaches of German-speaking linguists.

Reviewed by

Jacobs, Neil G. 1997. Review of $The German language and the real world: Sociolinguistic, cultural, and pragmatic perspectives on contemporary German.