Globalization and the Future of German
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Globalization and the Future of German

With a Select Bibliography

  1. 387 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Globalization and the Future of German

With a Select Bibliography

About this book

Is the world en route to becoming a linguistic colony of the United States? Or is this dramatic view an exaggeration, and there is no danger to linguistic diversity at all? The German language is at the center of an intensive debate on this issue. Its position in the world is under increasing pressure due to the growing importance of (American) English as the language of globalization. The articles in this volume deal with the national and international position of German in relation to English, language policies, the future of German as a language of science, German in the USA, and the intellectual and aesthetic dimensions of encountering a foreign language. They present critical assessments addressing the dangers for the future of languages other than English, as well as positions which perceive the growing importance of English as a challenge and resource rather than as a threat.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Globalization – Threats and Opportunities
  4. Globalization and Language
  5. The Past, Present, and Future of World English
  6. English as Threat or Resource in Continental Europe
  7. Global English – A New Lingua Franca or a New Imperial Culture?
  8. English Rules the World. What Will Become of German?
  9. Language Policies in East and West. National Language Policies as a Response to the Pressures of Globalization
  10. The Impact of English on the Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure of German
  11. German as an Endangered Language?
  12. Does “Denglish” Dedifferentiate our Perceptions of Nature? The View of a Nature Lover and Language “Fighter”
  13. Internationalizing Science and Technology
  14. German as an International Language of the Sciences – Recent Past and Present
  15. The Future of German and Other Non-English Languages for Academic Communication
  16. Language and Identity
  17. The German Language and the Linguistic Diversity of Europe
  18. Language and National Identity
  19. Yiddish and German: An On-Again, Off-Again Relationship – and Some of the More Important Factors Determining the Future of Yiddish
  20. The Past and Future of the Pennsylvania German Language: Many Ways of Speaking German; Many Ways of Being American
  21. German in the USA
  22. Language Policies of the Goethe-Institut
  23. The Kulturpolitik of German-Speaking Countries in the USA
  24. Self-Inflicted Wounds? Why German Enrollments are Dropping
  25. Meeting the Challenge: The Future of German Study in the United States
  26. German in Wisconsin: Language Change and Loss
  27. Language and the Creative Mind
  28. The Seductive Aesthetics of Globalization: Semiotic Implications of Anglicisms in German
  29. Critically “Kanak”: A Reimagination of German Culture
  30. Globalization: A Look at the Positive Side
  31. Select Bibliography
  32. List of Contributors