Language and German Disunity: A Sociolinguistic History of East and West in Germany, 1945-2000

by Patrick Stevenson

This book explores the much contested concept of Germanness from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective, tracing continuities and discontinuities in the development of Germany as a speech community from the formal division in the aftermath of the Second World War to the uncomfortable and problematic unity of the present day.

Genres: Linguistics

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2002