Globalization and the Future of German

[Anthea Fraser Gupta]

Strange that the blurb feels the need to specify the variety of English
that threatens:

"Its position in the world is under increasing pressure
due to the growing importance of (American) English as the
language of globalization."

Seems to me that the strength of English is in its widespread use in all
continents, which gives access to a wide speaker-base to anyone who
learns English.  Huge countries like Nigeria and India are major drivers
in the dominance of English, not just processes of American aggression
and colonisation.

Anthea

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Anthea Fraser Gupta (Dr)
School of English, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
<www.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/afg>
NB: Reply to a.f.gupta at leeds.ac.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
> [mailto:owner-lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu] On Behalf Of
> Harold F. Schiffman
> Sent: 20 July 2004 13:27
> To: Language Policy-List
> Subject: Globalization and the Future of German
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> Forwarded from Linguist-List:
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> 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