Title: Language and German disunity : a sociolinguistic history of East and West Germany, 1945-2000 /
Authors: Stevenson, Patrick.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: German language Political aspects Germany.; German language Social aspects Germany.; Sociolinguistics Germany History; Sociolinguistics Germany (East); Sociolinguistics Germany (West); German language Political aspects.
Abstract: Stevenson investigates the history of national disunity in Germany since the end of World War II from a linguistic perspective. He asks: what was the role of language in the ideological conflicts of the Cold War and in the difficult process of rebuilding the German nation after 1990?