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. Key features: reknown editors famous contributors, among them Wolfgang Thierse (president of the German Bundestag), Peter Eisenberg (involved in the German spelling reform), David Crystal (famous linguist), representatives of the Goethe institute current and politically controversial topic: how does globalization influence the diversity of languages

Vocabulary and the word represent one of the central areas of study in linguistics in general and German studies in particular. The festschrift in honour of Oskar Reichmann, who has devoted most of his scholarly energies to the theoretical and empirical study of German vocabulary, assembles close on 20 articles devoted to German lexicology from a systematic, present-day, and historical vantage.

Clear and concisely written, this series provides comprehensive insight into linguistic interrelationships. Each volume addresses a different linguistic phenomenon, rather than being devoted to a specific subfield. Beyond providing systematic descriptions, the series addresses historical as well as social language configurations, normative public opinion, and the significance of linguistic phenomena in key domains of knowledge and human activity. Intended not just for students and scholars of linguistics, the handbooks are also directed at interested academics from other disciplines, furnishing a sound understanding of the field. HSW 1 - Ekkehard Felder/Andreas Gardt: Handbuch Sprache und Wissen [Handbook of Language and Knowledge] HSW 2 - Ulrike Domahs/Beatrice Primus: Handbuch Laut - Gebarde - Buchstabe [Handbook of Sounds, Signs, and Letters] HSW 3 - Ulrike Hass/Petra Storjohann: Handbuch Wort und Wortschatz [Handbook of Words and Lexicon] HSW 4 - Christa Du rscheid/Jan Georg Schneider: Handbuch Satz - AEusserung - Schema [Handbook of Sentences, Utterances, and Schemata] HSW 5 - Karin Birkner/Nina Janich: Handbuch Text und Gesprach [Handbook of Text and Conversation] HSW 6 - Ingo Warnke: Handbuch Diskurs [Handbook of Discourse] HSW 7 - Nina-Maria Klug/Hartmut Stoeckl: Handbuch Sprache im multimodalen Kontext [Handbook of Language in Multimodal Contexts] HSW 8 - Jochen A. Bar/Anja Lobenstein-Reichmann/Joerg Riecke: Handbuch Sprache in der Geschichte [Handbook of Language in History] HSW 9 - Eva Neuland/Peter Schlobinski: Handbuch Sprache in sozialen Gruppen [Handbook of Language in Social Groups] HSW 10 - Gerd Antos/Thomas Niehr/Ju rgen Spitzmu ller: Handbuch Sprache im Urteil der OEffentlichkeit [Handbook of Language Evaluation in the Public Sphere] HSW 11 - Albert Busch/Thomas Spranz-Fogasy: Handbuch Sprache in der Medizin [Handbook of Language in Medicine] HSW 12 - Ekkehard Felder/Friedemann Vogel: Handbuch Sprache im Recht [Handbook of Language in Law] HSW 13 - Markus Hundt/Dorota Biadala: Handbuch Sprache in der Wirtschaft [Handbook of Language in Economics] HSW 14 - Stephan Habscheid/Andreas P. Mu ller/Britta Thoerle/Antje Wilton: Handbuch Sprache in Organisationen [Handbook of Language in Organizations] HSW 15 - Vahram Atayan/Thomas Metten/Vasco Alexander Schmidt: Handbuch Sprache in Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften und Technik [Handbook of Language in Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Engineering] HSW 16 - Heiko Hausendorf/Marcus Mu ller: Handbuch Sprache in der Kunstkommunikation [Handbook of Language in Art Communication] HSW 17 - Anne Betten/Ulla Fix/Berbeli Wanning: Handbuch Sprache in der Literatur[Handbook of Language in Literature] HSW 18 - Alexander Lasch/Wolf-Andreas Liebert: Handbuch Sprache und Religion [Handbook of Language and Religion] HSW 19 - Kersten Sven Roth/Martin Wengeler/Alexander Ziem: Handbuch Sprache in Politik und Gesellschaft[Handbook of Language in Politics and Society] HSW 20 - Beatrix Busse/Ingo H. Warnke: Handbuch Sprache im urbanen Raum [Handbook of Language in Urban Spaces] HSW 21 - Joerg Kilian/Birgit Brouer/Dina Lu ttenberg: Handbuch Sprache in der Bildung [Handbook of Language in Education]

Historical studies on Old and Middle High German and the corresponding stages in the development of Low German represent a fairly well-defined field of inquiry. The period between the 16th century and the present, by contrast, confronts historical language research with a considerable dilemma in that the language system can be regarded in many respects as not having undergone major changes so much as a process of extension and differentiation. The papers delivered at the Heidelberg colloquium and published here in book form discuss possible areas of inquiry for historical language research into the evolution of the German language since the early Modern Age, approaches to the problems this field presents and methods of describing the phenomena encountered. Particular emphasis is placed throughout on the history of reflection on language, the institutional concern with language and the manifold interpenetration between forms of language usage employed in society in general, in the history of ideas, the history of literature and across the various cultural areas of the German-speaking world.

Die Reihe Studia Linguistica Germanica (SLG), 1968 von Ludwig Erich Schmitt und Stefan Sonderegger begrundet, ist ein renommiertes Publikationsorgan der germanistischen Linguistik. Die Reihe verfolgt das Ziel, mit dem Schwerpunkt auf sprach- und wissenschaftshistorischen Fragestellungen die gesamte Bandbreite des Faches zu reprasentieren. Dazu zahlen u. a. Arbeiten zur historischen Grammatik und Semantik des Deutschen, zum Verhaltnis von Sprache und Kultur, zur Geschichte der Sprachtheorie, zur Dialektologie, Lexikologie/Lexikographie, Textlinguistik und zur Einbettung des Deutschen in den europaischen Sprachkontext.

Rhetoric and stylistics deal with successful human communication and the arrangement of language in texts. As the most influential of all language-related disciplines, rhetoric has an ancient tradition and is presently experiencing a remarkable revival. Stylistics analyzes the structures of texts with regard to their semantic potential and their function in the life of the individual and in society. The handbook offers surveys of theoretical approaches, forms of linguistic practice and practical contexts from antiquity to the present.