Ebook: Kommunikation und Öffentlichkeit: Sprachwissenschaftliche Potenziale zwischen Empirie und Norm

For a number of years, there has been concernin Germany about the “decline of language”. From a linguistic perspective, this hypothesis cannot be substantiated. Public debate, however, does raise some new questions about the stability and mutability of language norms. This volume undertakes a linguistic examination of the relationship between empiricism and standards in various forms and domains of communication.