30.3010, Disc: Standard Swiss German

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-3010. Fri Aug 02 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.3010, Disc: Standard Swiss German

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Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:20:39
From: Stefan Dollinger [stefan.dollinger at ubc.ca]
Subject: Standard Swiss German

 
Dear colleagues,
I have posted a question on research gate in relation to the concept of
''Standard Swiss German'' and its acceptance in Switzerland. The questions
asks for responses to the expressed doubts of a colleague who has been dealing
for a long time with Swiss non-standard dialects. I use his doubts, which
would run counter to theoretical accounts (as is the international model,
e.g., The Pluricentricity Debate (Routledge, 2019)). 

How accepted is a standard in Switzerland, a standard that is intelligible but
not the same as the German German or Austrian German Standards? I'm aware of
attitudinal work on Swiss German, but would appreciate a debate anchored
around this rather negative statement. I'd appreciate any pointers and will,
if the feedback warrants it, post a summary.

Here is the link:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Standard_Swiss_German_an_unknown_concept
You'll find a one-page pdf from the Swiss ''Sprachspiegel'' for download
there.

Best wishes and thanks for your input,
Stefan



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Applied Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Lexicography
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): German (deu)



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