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Since the political changes of 1989-1990, the international Status of the German language, especially in Europe, has been the subject of much discussion, particularly in German government circles, in the German media, and among traders, language teachers and planners all over the world. The importance of the topic is indicated by the interest aroused by the biennial Conference of the Institut für deutsche Sprache\* in 1992 devoted to the topic. It attracted nearly 500 participants and an unusual amount of media coverage. Ammon has been conducting research in this area for some time and is currently the holder of a major grant for his project. In the book under review, he presents some of his fmdings. The book is valuable in two ways. It provides a wealth of Information, and it also offers the beginnings of a quantitative method to assess the international Status of any language. This includes establishing indicators such äs the size of the 'mother tongue Community', number of countries using the language officially, their economic strength, the size of the Community using the language äs a foreign language, and 'communicative events' in the language, including radio programs, acade

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

1993

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)