Innovation und Kontinuitaet in Sprache und Kommunikation Verschiedener Sprachkulturen Innovation and Continuity in Language and Communication of Different Language Cultures

The papers of this volume deal with 16 languages or national varieties in 15 countries around the world. The papers focus on changes that took place or are still going on during the past 30-40 years in the languages/varieties and in the communicative behaviour of the different language cultures associated with them.