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Diversity of Languages for Special Purposes in Contemporary German

Author(s): Thorsten Roelcke
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: languages for specific purposes; diversity of languages; multilingualism;

Summary/Abstract: In the German speaking countries professional Communication shows diversity from three points of view: 1. internal multilingualism in relation to some languages for special purposes; 2. external multilingualism in relation to German and/or English as a foreign language; 3. tendency of differentiation, decentralization, and dynamization. The article shows their connections as well as their political and didactic implications.

  • Issue Year: 45/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 51-63
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German