This article presents linguistic features of and educational approaches to a new variety of German that has emerged in multi-ethnic urban areas in Germany: Kiezdeutsch (‘Hood German’). From a linguistic point of view, Kiezdeutsch is very interesting, as it is a multi-ethnolect that combines features of a youth language with those of a contact language. We will present examples that illustrate the grammatical productivity and innovative potential of this variety. From an educational perspective, Kiezdeutsch has also a high potential in many respects: school projects can help enrich intercultural communication and weaken derogatory attitudes. In grammar lessons, Kiezdeutsch can be a means to enhance linguistic competence by having the adolesc...
Routine processes of language variants blending and crossing in the area of large urban agglo...
It is well-known that contact between speakers of different languages or varieties leads to dynamics...
The years since German reunification have seen changes in ideologies and policies toward societal mu...
Since the early 1990s, a great deal of research has been conducted addressing the subject of emergin...
Traditionally, German identity was based on an ethnic and linguistic notion of membership. Today, ov...
This study characterizes the role of English in multilingual/-ethnic speech communities in urban Ger...
This contribution deals with Kiezdeutsch, a form of youth slang spoken in multilingual and multi-eth...
In this thesis, I explain perceptions of the German dialect Kiezdeutsch. The basis for the research ...
In this paper, I review the development of German as a Foreign Language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache)(G...
The rapid and unique development of so-called “Jugendsprachen” (youth languages) in multicultural ci...
In Deutschland liegt, trotz aller nationalstaatlichen Bemühungen nach dem Prinzip "eine Nation - ein...
This contribution focusses on varieties of German which are spoken in extraterritorial German commun...
Routine processes of language variants blending and crossing in the area of large urban agglo...
It is well-known that contact between speakers of different languages or varieties leads to dynamics...
The years since German reunification have seen changes in ideologies and policies toward societal mu...
Since the early 1990s, a great deal of research has been conducted addressing the subject of emergin...
Traditionally, German identity was based on an ethnic and linguistic notion of membership. Today, ov...
This study characterizes the role of English in multilingual/-ethnic speech communities in urban Ger...
This contribution deals with Kiezdeutsch, a form of youth slang spoken in multilingual and multi-eth...
In this thesis, I explain perceptions of the German dialect Kiezdeutsch. The basis for the research ...
In this paper, I review the development of German as a Foreign Language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache)(G...
The rapid and unique development of so-called “Jugendsprachen” (youth languages) in multicultural ci...
In Deutschland liegt, trotz aller nationalstaatlichen Bemühungen nach dem Prinzip "eine Nation - ein...
This contribution focusses on varieties of German which are spoken in extraterritorial German commun...
Routine processes of language variants blending and crossing in the area of large urban agglo...
It is well-known that contact between speakers of different languages or varieties leads to dynamics...
The years since German reunification have seen changes in ideologies and policies toward societal mu...