Dialects and the Teaching of a Standard Language: Some West German Work.

Barbour, Stephen

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Publication Date: 1987

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Dialects and the Teaching of a Standard Language: Some West German Work.

Barbour, Stephen

Language in Society, v16 n2 p227-43 Jun 1987

Examination of the West German language and society suggests that the notion that the West German indigenous working class is separated from the middle class by a linguistic barrier is invalid. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Dialects, Foreign Countries, German, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Social Bias, Social Differences, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: West Germany

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