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Ausbau sociolinguistics and the perception of language status in contemporary Europe
Author(s) -
Trudgill Peter
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/j.1473-4192.1992.tb00031.x
Subject(s) - sociolinguistics , linguistics , disadvantage , sociocultural linguistics , sociology , vulnerability (computing) , face (sociological concept) , language policy , perception , politics , psychology , political science , applied linguistics , social science , clinical linguistics , computer science , philosophy , computer security , neuroscience , law
Minority language communities may suffer from many different types of disadvantage. One problem that they may face is the failure or refusal of majority communities to recognise their language as a language rather than a dialect. The degree to which minority languages are vulnerable to this kind of attack depends to a considerable extent on their linguistic characteristics. In investigating this kind of vulnerability, it is helpful to consider Kloss's distinction between Abstand and Ausbau languages. This distinction is also helpful in achieving a better understanding of other political and cultural problems concerning language vs. dialect status in modern Europe.