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On Current Trends in the Development of Dialects in German Speaking Switzerland
- Authors: Yuklyaeva E.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 12(867) (2022)
- Pages: 113-119
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/380789
- ID: 380789
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Abstract
The article gives an overview of the basic sociolinguistic characteristics of dialects in German speaking Switzerland; the dialect is defined as an essential feature of the national identity of German speaking Swiss. Further to that the article analyzes the significance of certain current trends of social development for changes in the dialect landscape of German speaking Switzerland; it is concluded that currently an erosion of traditional diglossia is occurring. Main trends and further development potential of Alemannic dialects in Switzerland are revealed.
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Elena Aleksandrovna Yuklyaeva
Moscow State Linguistic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: e.yuklyaeva@linguanet.ru
PhD (Pedagogy), Acting Head of the Department of the German Language and Translation, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
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