Globalization and the Future of German

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Forwarded from Linguist-List:

LINGUIST List 15.2096
Mon Jul 19 2004


Title: Globalization and the Future of German

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Mouton de Gruyter
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com



Abstract:

Is the world en route to becoming a linguistic colony of the United
States? Or is this dramatic view an exaggeration, and there is no danger
to linguistic diversity at all? The German language is at the center of an
intensive debate on this issue. Its position in the world is under
increasing pressure due to the growing importance of (American) English as
the language of globalization.

The articles in this volume deal with the national and international
position of German in relation to English, language policies, the future
of German as a language of science, German in the USA, and the
intellectual and aesthetic dimensions of encountering a foreign language.
They present critical assessments addressing the dangers for the future of
languages other than English, as well as positions which perceive the
growing importance of English as a challenge and resource rather than as a
threat.

FROM THE CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

BERND HPPAUF
Globalization -- Threats and Opportunities


GLOBALIZATION AND LANGUAGE

DAVID CRYSTAL
The Past, Present, and Future of World English

ROBERT PHILLIPSON
English as Threat or Resource in Continental Europe

HANS JOACHIM MEYER
Global English -- A New Lingua Franca or a New Imperial Culture?

RUDOLF HOBERG
English Rules the World. What Will Become of German?

PETRA BRASELMANN
Language Policies in East and West. National Language Policies as a
Response to the Pressures of Globalization


THE IMPACT OF ENGLISH ON THE VOCABULARY AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE OF
GERMAN

PETER EISENBERG
German as an Endangered Language?

HERMANN H. DIETER
Does "Denglish" Dedifferentiate our Perceptions of Nature? The View of
a Nature Lover and Language "Fighter"


INTERNATIONALIZING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ULRICH AMMON
German as an International Language of the Sciences -- Recent Past and
Present

KONRAD EHLICH
The Future of German and Other Non-English Languages for Academic
Communication

LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY

WOLFGANG THIERSE
The German Language and the Linguistic Diversity of Europe

ANDREAS GARDT
Language and National Identity

JOSHUA A. FISHMAN
Yiddish and German: An On-Again, Off-Again Relationship -- and Some of
the More Important Factors Determining the Future of Yiddish

DAVID L. VALUSKA AND WILLIAM W. DONNER
The Past and Future of the Pennsylvania German Language: Many Ways of
Speaking German; Many Ways of Being American


GERMAN IN THE USA

NIKKY KEILHOLZ-RHLE, STEPHAN NOBBE, AND UWE RAU
Language Policies of the Goethe-Institut

JOHN LALANDE II
The Kulturpolitik of German-Speaking Countries in the USA

ROBERT C. REIMER
Self-Inflicted Wounds? Why German Enrollments are Dropping

HELENE ZIMMER-LOEW
Meeting the Challenge: The Future of German Study in the United States

PETER WAGENER
German in Wisconsin: Language Change and Loss


LANGUAGE AND THE CREATIVE MIND

PRISCA AUGUSTYN
The Seductive Aesthetics of Globalization: Semiotic Implications of
Anglicisms in German

YASEMIR YILDIZ
Critically "Kanak": A Reimagination of German Culture

JOHN M. GRANDIN
Globalization: A Look at the Positive Side



Book URL: http://www.degruyter.de/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110179180-1&l=E
Editor: Andreas Gardt, University of Kassel
Editor: Bernd Hppauf, New York University

Hardback: ISBN: 3110179180, Pages: xii, 362, Price: Europe EURO 78.00
           Comment: approx. US$ 94.00