Die Sprachenschutzcharta und ihre Diskussion in Deutschland und in den Niederlanden zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik

Since 1992 the „European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages” is being discussed in Europe together with opportunities and ways for the protection of lesser used languages, dialects are not rated among these. This points to linguistic difficulties on how to define regional and minority languages linguistically compatible. This will be discussed in the article with an emphasis on the particular difficulties of the regional languages. Ultimately everything amounts to a definitional practice in which it is essential not to intermingle language politics with linguistic science. This, howeve... Mehr ...