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Status of the German Language in the European Union - German Standard Varieties and Language Policy of the EU

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16520268
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionKansai University

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Hideaki  Kansai University, Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research, Professor, 外国語教育研究機構, 教授 (60296944)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
KeywordsEU official language / language corpus policy / language status policy / multilingualism / 言語ステータス政 / ステータス計画 / コーパス計画 / 記述主義 / 規範主義 / 言語規範 / ドイツ語 / 言語政策 / 標準変種 / オーストリアのドイツ語
Research Abstract

The European Union (EU) is employing an official language policy based upon states, although it seeks to build an intranational organization taking over powers of the member states. At present, it has to deal not only with languages, but also with language varieties. Austria, which gained membership in the EU in 1995, succeeded in making the EU give official status to 23 words of the Austrian variety of German due to the Protocol No.10, though German had already been an EU official language. It is worth mentioning that a part of the Austrian language variety was recognized as official in the EU because Austria is trying to establish its identity through its language variety. Ger-many, taking into consideration the diversity of the German language, has been developing norms of German in the direction of convergence, while Austria is aiming at divergence on account of the theory of pluricentricity of German. Austria, smaller in terms of its population and economy than Germany, emphasizes … More the diversity. On the other hand, Germany, holding hegemony over German-speaking countries in regard to language norms, is in the pursuit of a unified standardization of the German language. Language policy of the German-speaking countries in the EU is thus characterized by these opposing purposes. Multivarietism which can contribute to developing a democratic language corpus policy brings about, however, a negative effect in relation to a language status policy. It might not be realistic to make the language policy of the EU efficacious, vesting all official languages of the member states with the status of EU official languages. In reality, only some of the EU official languages are used as working languages, where a power struggle is taking place above all under "big languages" such as English, French and German. As far as the identity of the German-speaking countries as a whole does not outstrip each of their national identities, multivarietism will be maintained, so that united language status policy of the German language will hardly be possible. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2006 2005

All Journal Article (12 results)

  • [Journal Article] 欧州連合におけるドイツ語圏の言語政策-多様性と統一性のはざまで-2006

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      言語政策(日本言語政策学会) 第2号

      Pages: 129-141

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 多言語主義と多変種主義 : EUの公用語政策とドイツ語規範の多様化2006

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      社会言語科学会第18回大会発表論文集 第38巻

      Pages: 28-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Language Policy of the German-speaking countries in the European Union - Between Diversity and Uniformity2006

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Language Policy (Japan Association of Language Policy) No.2

      Pages: 129-141

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Multilingualism and Multivarietism- Official Language Policy of the European Union and Diversification of Norms of the German Language2006

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 18th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences

      Pages: 28-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ドゥーデン発音辞典にみるドイツ語標準発音の意味と記述法2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      日本独文学会研究叢書 第38巻

      Pages: 62-76

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ドイツ語標準変種の言語政策的考察 : 発音規範成立の沿革と展望2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      独逸文学(関西大学独逸文学会) 第49号

      Pages: 43-60

    • NAID

      40006975803

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 欧州の統一と多言語主義~拡大と多様化の中で2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      ドイツ語が織りなす社会と文化(関西大学出版部)

      Pages: 27-45

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Meanings of the German Standard Pronunciation and Methods of its Description based upon the Pronouncing Dictionary of Duden2005

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Studienreihe der Japanischen Gesellschaft fur Germanistik Nr.38

      Pages: 62-76

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Study of German Standard Varieties in view of Language Policy : A History of German Orthoepy and its Future2005

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Die Deutsche Literatur (Gesellschaft fur Germanistik der Kansai-Universitat)

      Pages: 43-60

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Unification of Europe and Multilingualism in the Context of Expansion and Diversification2005

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Culture and Society Woven from the German Language (Kansai University Press)

      Pages: 27-45

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ドイツ語標準変種の言語政策的考察:発音規範成立の沿革と展望2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      独逸文学(関西大学独逸文学会) 49

      Pages: 43-60

    • NAID

      40006975803

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 欧州の統一と多言語主義〜拡大と多様化の中で2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋秀彰
    • Journal Title

      ドイツ語が織りなす社会と文化(関西大学出版会)

      Pages: 27-45

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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