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The aim of this seminar is to examine the concepts of norms, standard varieties/standard languages, and the processes of linguistic standardization and de-standardization from a sociolinguistic perspective. The focus is on methodological issues. Standard varieties are not only a grammatical-structural phenomenon, but above all a sociolinguistic and ideological one. In the seminar, the traditional question of what is/is not standard language or standard is transformed into another: who decides about what belongs to the standard variety, how, under what circumstances, and with what consequences? The standard variety is (re)constituted in various power constellations, which must be explored qualitatively. Since such processes do not proceed as a linear increase in standardization and therefore do not represent a one-way street, we will also deal with linguistic de-standardization and demoticization. In the case of German, these research aspects are specifically related to its pluricentric or pluriareal character.
Seminar participants will have the opportunity to carry out small research projects in which the processes outlined above are analyzed. Last update: UGSDOVAL (24.09.2025)
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The aim of this seminar is to examine the concepts of norms, standard varieties/standard languages, and the processes of linguistic standardization and de-standardization from a sociolinguistic perspective. The focus is on methodological issues. Last update: UGSDOVAL (17.09.2025)
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Requirements for obtaining ECTS credits: regular study of seminar texts, active participation in seminar discussions, presentation of a selected topic of acceptable quality. Last update: UGSDOVAL (17.09.2025)
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- Ayres-Bennett, Wendy/Bellamy, John (eds.) (2021): The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Darquennes, Jeroen/Oakes, Leigh/Warnke, Ingo (eds.)(2021): Neue Perspektiven auf Plurizentrizität (= Sociolinguistica 35). Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter. - Davies, Winifred/Häcki Buhofer, Annelies/Schmidlin, Regula et al. (eds.)(2017): Standardsprache zwischen Norm und Praxis. Theoretische Betrachtungen, empirische Studien und sprachdidaktische Ausblicke. Tübingen: Narr/Francke/Attempto. - Dollinger, Stefan (2019): The Pluricentricity Debate. New York/London: Routledge. - Dovalil, Vít (2006): Sprachnormenwandel im geschriebenen Deutsch an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt am Main/Brüssel/New York/Oxford: Peter Lang Verlag. - Hagemann, Jörg/Klein, Wolf Peter/Staffeldt, Sven (Hrsg.)(2013): Pragmatischer Standard. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. - Kristiansen, Tore/Coupland, Nikolas (Eds.)(2011): Standard Languages and Language Standards in a Changing Europe. Oslo: Novus Press. - Kristiansen, Tore/Grondelaers, Stefan (Eds.)(2013): Language (De)standardization in Late Modern Europe: Experimental Studies. Oslo: Novus Press. - Lenz, Alexandra/Glauninger, Manfred (Hg.)(2015): Standarddeutsch im 21. Jahrhundert. Theoretische und empirische Ansätze mit einem Fokus auf Österreich. Wien: Vienna University Press. - Mattheier, Klaus/Radtke, Edgar (Hrsg.)(1997): Standardisierung und Destandardisierung europäischer Nationalsprachen. Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang. - Meer, Philipp/Durgasingh, Ryan (Eds.)(2025): Pluricentricity and Pluriareality. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. - Milroy, James/Milroy, Lesley (42012): Authority in Language. London/New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. - Šichová, Kateřina/Krapp, Reinhard/Rössler, Paul/Dovalil, Vít (Hrsg.)(2015): Standardvarietät des Deutschen. Fallbeispiele aus der sozialen Praxis. Berlin: Logos. Vandenbussche, Wim/Deumert, Ana (Eds.)(2003): Germanic Standardization. Past to Present. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Last update: UGSDOVAL (17.09.2025)
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critical study of seminar texts, active participation in seminar discussions, data collection and evaluation, presentation of a selected topic of acceptable quality Framework topics for possible research projects: activities of language authorities (German teachers, editors of various media, language consultants, etc.); discourse on language decline; discussions about standard language use in internet forums; use of German as a lingua franca; role of automatic correctors and other AI tools in standard language research... Last update: UGSDOVAL (17.09.2025)
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Requirements for obtaining ECTS credits: regular study of seminar texts, active participation in seminar discussions, presentation of a selected topic of acceptable quality. Last update: UGSDOVAL (17.09.2025)
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