Open AccessSpeech practices in the German-speaking Society during the Reformation in the aspect of linguocentricity
Author(s) -
Nataliya S. Babenko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lingvistika i metodika prepodavaniâ inostrannyh âzykov
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-1393
DOI - 10.37892/2218-1393-2021-14-1-4-15
Subject(s) - german , vernacular , elite , linguistics , history , sociology , political science , philosophy , law , politics
The article discusses some of the phenomena and processes associated with speech and written texts in the German-speaking society of the Reformation (early 16th century) when it received wide access to a printed text in the national language. In the absence of a unified German language this has contributed to the variability of speech communicative practices in a wide range, covering from elite to vulgar audience, as the former shifted from academic forms to “people’s” vernacular and the latter was introduced to the written language culture as a means of public communication.