This collection of sociolinguistic and discourse-analytic studies into the German language examines Germany's continued linguistic and cultural East/West divide after a decade of unification. The first part presents critical discourse-analytic approaches to public discourses, including TV news, TV drama, advertising, newspaper reports, and stand-up comedy. The second part provides micro-analytic approaches to private or semi-public speech genres and communicative practices, focusing on speech differences between east and west Germans.