Pluricentric Languages and Non-Dominant Varieties Worldwide

This is the first of two thematically arranged volumes with papers that were presented at the "World Conference of Pluricentric Languages and their non-dominant Varieties" (WCPCL). It comprises papers about 20 PCLs and 14 NDVs: African, Arabic, Asian and European pluricentric languages, Berber, Basque, Kazakhstan Russian and many more.

Autorentext

Rudolf Muhr is head of the Austrian German Research Centre at the University of Graz and coordinator of the Working Group on Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages (WGNDV).

Inhalt

Papers about theoretical aspects of pluricentricity and methods of description of variation in pluricentric languages; Pioneering papers about "new" pluricentric languages, "new" non-dominant varieties that have not been described before; African and Asian pluricentric languages, Berber, Basque, Kazakhstan Russian and many more.