Invisibilising Austrian German: On the effect of linguistic prescriptions and educational reforms on writing practices in 18th-century Austria

Anna Dorothea Havinga

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Invisibilising Austrian German

On the effect of linguistic prescriptions and educational reforms on writing practices in 18th-century Austria

Anna Dorothea Havinga

Volume 18 in the series Lingua Historica Germanica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110547047

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This book provides an insight into the standardisation process of German in eighteenth-century Austria. It describes how norms prescribed by grammarians were actually implemented via a school reform carried out by educationalist Johann Ignaz Felbiger on the order of Empress Maria Theresa. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were undertaken of certain Upper German features (e-apocope, the absence of the prefix ge- and the ending -t in past participles, and variants of the verb form sind) in reading primers, issues of the Wienerisches Diarium / Wiener Zeitung and petitionary letters. These reveal how such variants became increasingly 'invisible' in writing. This process of 'invisibilisation', i.e. a process of stigmatization which prevents the use of certain varieties and variants in writing, can be attributed to a number of factors: Empress Maria Theresa's appeal for a language reform, the normative work by eighteenth-century grammarians, the implementation of educational reforms, and the early introduction of East Central German variants in newspaper issues.

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Anna D. Havinga, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations and notes on presentation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Language, Enlightenment and education in 18^th-century Austria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Grammarians’ norm prescriptions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. The implementation of the language reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
5. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Linguists, historians, sociologist, researchers of educational sciences
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 23
- Coloured Illustrations: 11
- Tables: 59
- Other: 59 Tabellen
Keywords: language policy; prescriptivism; school reform; invisibilisation

eBook

Published: January 22, 2018
ISBN: 9783110547047

Hardcover

Published: January 22, 2018
ISBN: 9783110546293