The use of language relating to place and situation: on the ‘gastarbarbeiter’ German of migrants with Turkish origin and its media manifestation Cover Image

Orts- und situationsgebundener Sprachgebrauch: Zum Gastarbeiterdeutsch türkischstämmiger MigrantInnen und zu seiner medialen Repräsentation
The use of language relating to place and situation: on the ‘gastarbarbeiter’ German of migrants with Turkish origin and its media manifestation

Author(s): Anna Daszkiewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: gastarbeiter German language; pidgin; foreigner talk; bilingualism determined by life situation (place of residence); asymmet ry between the Turkish and German languages; transference/interference

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the issue of the language of the first generation of German migrants (with Turkish origin), pointing to the conditions/circumstances of its formation. It presents an asymmetry between the standard Turkish and German languages, which is the main cause of mistakes resulting from interference (transference). The study is based on the film productions Kebab Connection (2004) and Almanya-Willkommen in Deutschland (2011), where although the gastarbeiter German is stylised, it is yet exemplary for the language forms discussed here.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 75-94
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: German