17.3519, Books: Sociolinguistics: Reese

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Date: 14-Nov-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Swiss German: Reese 

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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:48:50
From: Ulrich Lueders < lincom.europa at t-online.de >
Subject: Swiss German: Reese 

Title: Swiss German 
Subtitle: The modern Alemannic vernacular in and around Zurich 
Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 462  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.eu

Author: Johannes Reese

Paperback: ISBN: 9783895864971 Pages: 87 Price: Europe EURO 42.00

Abstract:

The "German"-speaking part of Switzerland (almost two thirds of the
population) is notorious for its diglossia. The written language is
Standard German with few regional specialties, the everyday language is an
Alemannic dialect; each village has its own. In recent years, there is a
koineization process going on, with a gravitation center around Zurich. The
dialects are becoming more similar to each other than they used to be. So,
it may now be justified to summarize them as "Swiss German," although there
is no uniform language to expect over the next decades.

Maybe the continuing diversity and rapid change are some of the reasons why
these dialects have seldom been described to people unfamiliar with either
one of them or at least Standard German. Few of the existing works make use
of modern linguistic devices like IPA either.

The present booklet shall provide a concise overview of Swiss German as it
is spoken today in the Zurich area. It covers phonology, morphology, the
TAM and Aktionsart system, and syntax. 

A recently recorded text is included, too. In the course of the chapters,
some peculiarities are presented that haven't appeared in the literature so
far: e. g., the satellite-framed character of the language is the base of
the phenomenon of multi-valent verbs, and in connection with the famous
reduplicative verb construction, which is unique to Alemannic, it accounts
for the so-called "absentive" in Germanic languages. 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): German, Standard (deu)

Written In: English  (eng)

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