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Language and German disunity

by Patrick Stevenson

German languageHistoryPolitical aspectsPolitical aspects of German languageSocial aspectsSocial aspects of German languageSociolinguisticsLanguage and languages, political aspects

Stevenson investigates the history of national disunity in Germany since the end of World War II from a linguistic perspective. He asks: what was the role of language in the ideological conflicts of the Cold War and in the difficult process of rebuilding the German nation after 1990?

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