Standardvariationen Und Sprachideologien in Verschiedenen Sprachkulturen Der Welt Standard Variations and Language Ideologies in Different Language Cultures Around the World

The volume comprises 27 papers dealing with 23 languages, national varieties and minority languages in 20 countries/regions around the world. The papers could be categorised into the thematic sections: standard variations in pluricentric languages and questions arising from finding a « correct norm as well as attitudes towards the own or other varieties, the treatment of standard varieties during codification and in translation, language ideologies in different language cultures with respect to the influence coming from dominating languages such as English, German or French, language ideologies in European and American minority languages and in languages in Central and South America, respectively, as well as social attitudes codified in the lexicon as cultural core terms or as elements for the expression of emotions.