Open AccessNational-cultural specificity of Austrian German in the spheres of economy, policy and law
Author(s) -
Tatiana Iakovleva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
filologičeskie nauki v mgimo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3717
pISSN - 2410-2423
DOI - 10.24833/2410-2423-2020-3-23-131-137
Subject(s) - german , vocabulary , typology , linguistics , meaning (existential) , politics , sociology , political science , law , epistemology , anthropology , philosophy
The article is devoted to the study of the national-cultural specifics of the German language in Austria in the fields of economics, politics and law. The introduction examines the pluricentric and pluriareal approaches to considering the status of Austrian German, which differ in understanding the language and the way it is described, emphasizes the role of the Bavarian-Austrian dialects in the formation of the German literary language and gives factors that influenced the linguistic development of Austria. The author introduces the typology of culturally-marked vocabulary. The study provides examples of full equivalents in German German and Austrian German, Austrian tokens, which serve to express concepts that are not in German culture and are denoted by the term ‘equivalent vocabulary’ and partially equivalent lexemes having a mismatch in the volume of denotative meaning. The main content of the study is to analyze the national-cultural specifics in the Austrian national version of the German language in the framework of the thematic groups “Economic vocabulary”, “Socio-political vocabulary” and “Legal vocabulary”. The results of this study may be of interest for use in linguistic studies courses in German-speaking countries and in pedagogical practice, as well as find application in lexicography.