Diglossia and Power. Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire, edited by Rosita Rindler Schjerve (2003)

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LANGUAGE, POWER AND SOCIAL PROCESS

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DIGLOSSIA AND POWER
Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire

Edited by Rosita Rindler Schjerve

2003. vi, 351 pages. 
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(Language, Power and Social Process 9)



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 partic-ular 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.  

Rosita Rindler Schjerve is Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria.


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



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