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Ein Konzept für einen Deutschlandismus-Duden
A Concept for a Dictionary of Germanisms

Author(s): Reinhold Utri
Subject(s): Lexis
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
Keywords: German Dictionary; Germanisms; pluricentric concept; language awareness;

Summary/Abstract: Several Austrians have already worked and published on the Austrian variety of German. Of course, definitions of Germanisms/Teutonisms (= the lexemes/expressions/phrases typical for the Federal Republic of Germany) also occur in these considerations, but they have never been summarised in a corresponding dictionary. For a Germanisms dictionary, which could strengthen the Germans’ awareness of which national variants are typical/characteristic for their country, one would have to create a transnational cooperative concept – and such a concept will be presented in this paper. In addition, this Germanisms-Duden would also be of great use to (Polish) learners and teachers of German as a foreign language, as a necessary addition to their pluricentric knowledge and as a reference work.

  • Issue Year: 22/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 347-358
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: German