“Wir alle” and “fremdsprachige Kinder”. Social inclusion and exclusion in metapragmatic discourses Cover Image

„Wir alle” und „fremdsprachige Kinder”. Soziale Ein- und Ausschließung in metapragmatischen Diskursen
“Wir alle” and “fremdsprachige Kinder”. Social inclusion and exclusion in metapragmatic discourses

Author(s): Bettina M. Bock
Subject(s): Anthropology, Language studies, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Politics and communication
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: metapragmatic discourse; Easy-to-read German; multilingualism; social inclusion; social exclusion;

Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates and compares two metapragmatic discourses with regard to the inclusion or exclusion of social groups: the discourses on multilingualism and on Easy-to-read German. By discourse linguistic means it analyses linguistic constructions of opposition regarding the two linguistic phenomena and the social groups that are being connected to them. While the discourse on multilingualism shows a tendency towards the distinction of social groups, the discourse on Easy-to-read shows a tendency to constructions of social inclusion.

  • Issue Year: 45/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 147-159
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German