| Pluricentric Languages and Non-Dominant Varieties Worldwide: Part I: Pluricentric Languages across Continents. Features and Usage Contributor(s): Muhr, Rudolf (Other), Muhr, Rudolf (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631679130 ISBN-13: 9783631679135 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $109.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Foreign Language Study | Spanish |
| Dewey: 460 |
| LCCN: 2016025318 |
| Series: Oesterreichisches Deutsch - Sprache Der Gegenwart |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.74 lbs) 483 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first of two thematically arranged volumes with papers that were presented at the World Conference of Pluricentric Languages and their non-dominant Varieties (WCPCL). It comprises papers about 20 PCLs and 14 NDVs around the world. The second volume encompasses a further 17 papers about the pluricentricity of Portuguese and Spanish. The conference was held at the University of Graz (Austria) on July 8th-11th 2015. The papers fall into five categories: (1) Theoretical aspects of pluricentricity and the description of variation; (2) Different types of pluricentricity in differing environments; (3) African pluricentric languages and non-dominant varieties; (4) The pluricentricity of Arabic and Asian languages; (5) The pluricentricity of European languages inside Europe (Austrian German, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, Hungarian, Belgium Dutch, French, Greek, Swedish, Russian). |