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Direct linkReershemius, Gertrud – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This article analyses how speakers of an autochthonous heritage language (AHL) make use of digital media, through the example of Low German, a regional language used by a decreasing number of speakers mainly in northern Germany. The focus of the analysis is on Web 2.0 and its interactive potential for individual speakers. The study therefore…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, German, Language Variation
Reconstructing the Past? Low German and the Creating of Regional Identity in Public Language Display
Reershemius, Gertrud – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2011
This article deals with language contact between a dominant standard language--German--and a lesser-used variety--Low German--in a situation in which the minoritised language is threatened by language shift and language loss. It analyses the application of Low German in forms of public language display and the self-presentation of the community in…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance, Linguistic Borrowing, Foreign Countries
