Description:This study examines the use of English in Switzerland from a multilingual perspective based on a corpus of 400 interviews collected in the German speaking Canton of Zurich. It presents a framework for explaining the linguistic interaction that arises as a result of the use of a -globalizing- language in a multilingual context. It has given the relationships that obtain between the various Swiss national languages a hierarchical character. The proposed Swiss framework indicates viewed through a macro-sociolinguistic lens that the present linguistic situation in Switzerland seems to reflect a growing symbiotic relationship between English and the Swiss vernaculars."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Multilingualism and English: The Canton of Zurich as a Linguistic Paradigm. To get started finding Multilingualism and English: The Canton of Zurich as a Linguistic Paradigm, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
411
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing
Release
2013
ISBN
1299550614
Multilingualism and English: The Canton of Zurich as a Linguistic Paradigm
Description: This study examines the use of English in Switzerland from a multilingual perspective based on a corpus of 400 interviews collected in the German speaking Canton of Zurich. It presents a framework for explaining the linguistic interaction that arises as a result of the use of a -globalizing- language in a multilingual context. It has given the relationships that obtain between the various Swiss national languages a hierarchical character. The proposed Swiss framework indicates viewed through a macro-sociolinguistic lens that the present linguistic situation in Switzerland seems to reflect a growing symbiotic relationship between English and the Swiss vernaculars."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Multilingualism and English: The Canton of Zurich as a Linguistic Paradigm. To get started finding Multilingualism and English: The Canton of Zurich as a Linguistic Paradigm, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.