Table of Contents

1. The status of German in contemporary Europe; 2. German as a pluricentric language; 3. German in divided and unified Germany; 4. Language and regionalism in Germany and Austria; 5. Communication patterns; 6. Gender, generation and politics: variation and change in language and discourse; 7. Communication norms and communication barriers; 8. Recent Anglo-American influence.

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This revised and expanded analysis of the German language takes account of recent sociopolitical changes.

Reviews

"With The German Language in a changing Europe, Michael Clyne has once again produced a most insightful, readable, and, above all, usseful text. ...Clyne's approach...gives the book as a whole its uniqueness and its broad appeal to students and scholars of German language and culture, and renders it a first-rate addition to teaching and research resources in German studies." American Journal of Germanic Linguistics & Literatures