Diglossia and Power
Subtitle: Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire (Language, Power, and Social Process, 9)
Contributors: Rosita Rindler Schjerve (Editor); Rosita Rindler Schjerve (Editor)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9783110176544
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; c 1800 to c 1900; Language; Diglossia (Linguistics); Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Reference; 19th century; Austria; Europe - Austria & Hungary; History; Language policy; Sociolinguistics
First sentence: This is a book about the relationship between language and the production of social power in a historical context: that of the 19th century Habsburg Empire.