Multilingualism and English The Canton of Zurich as a linguistic paradigm

This study examines the use of English in Switzerland from a multilingual perspective based on a corpus of 400 interviews collected in the German speaking Canton of Zurich. It presents a framework for explaining the linguistic interaction that arises as a result of the use of a "globalizing" language in a multilingual context. It has given the relationships that obtain between the various Swiss national languages a hierarchical character. The proposed Swiss framework indicates - viewed through a macro-sociolinguistic lens - that the present linguistic situation in Switzerland seems to reflect a growing symbiotic relationship between English and the Swiss vernaculars.

About the author

Agnieszka St¿pkowska received her PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznä, in 2004. She is a lecturer at the School of English, the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. Her research interests focus on translation studies, multilingualism and the sociology of language. She has published a book on English loanwords in Polish naval vocabulary and numerous papers on various topics.

Product details

• Authors: Agnieszka Stepkowska
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.01.2013
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
• EAN: 9783631639207
• ISBN: 978-3-631-63920-7
• Pages: 414
• Illustrations: 89 Abb.
• Dimensions (packing): 14.8 x 2.7 x 21 cm
• Weight (packing): 630 g
• Series: Warsaw Studies in English Language and Literature > .14; Warsaw Studies in English Language and Literature > 14