Diglossia and Power
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Diglossia and Power

Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire

  1. 357 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Diglossia and Power

Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire

About this book

This book is about the struggle for social power in the interethnic context of the Austrian part of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire. It explores how the struggle for power is reflected in attempts to control language use at different levels of discursive interaction, and how, in a context of intricate and multiple language contact, language became a prominent site for interethnic controversies and conflict. The book shows how, in the wake of ongoing democratization, in particular in 1848-1849 and after 1860, the non-German speaking nationalities of the Empire attempted to redefine their status by demanding recognition of their languages and cultures while German-dominated state nationalism tried to reestablish its endangered hegemony by granting linguistic and cultural autonomy to the various ethnic groups.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. I. Historical context
  3. Chapter 1. Language and power in the Habsburg Empire: The historical context
  4. II. Theory and methods
  5. Chapter 2. Historical sociolinguistics and multilingualism: Theoretical and methodological issues in the development of a multifunctional framework
  6. III. Case studies
  7. 1. Language policy and domain-specific discourse
  8. Chapter 3. Discourse, hegemony and polyglossia in the judicial system of Trieste in the 19th century
  9. Chapter 4. Discourse and hegemony: The case of the Ukrainian language in Galicia under Austrian rule (1772—1914)
  10. Chapter 5. The seamy side of the Habsburgs’ liberal language policy: Intended and factual reality of language use in Plzeň’s educational system
  11. 2. Discourses of hegemony and subordination
  12. Chapter 6. Language and power in an Italian crownland of the Habsburg Empire: The ideological dimension of diglossia in Lombardy
  13. Chapter 7. Discursive practice in Bukovina textbooks: Aspects of hegemony and subordination
  14. Chapter 8. Hegemonic discourse in the Habsburg Empire: The case of education. A critical discourse analysis of two mid 19th century government documents
  15. IV. Summary
  16. Chapter 9. Conclusion
  17. References
  18. Index