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Fundamentals of a general theory of pluricentric languages

This book is the result of my long-standing involvement with pluricentric languages, which for me personally began in 1980. Since then, I have been able to observe and, to some extent, help shape all phases of the development of the con-cept of the pluricentricity of languages. While the aim in the 1980s and 1990s was still to overcome the prevailing concept of monocentricity, which was predomi-nant in German and many other languages, this changed in the 1990s.
It was mainly the many works by Michael Clyne that brought about a lasting change and helped the concept of pluricentricity to break through. This applied to German in general and to Austrian German in particular, where a positive change in reputation and usage has been observed since then. This also applied to other pluricentric languages, notably to English.
Encouraged by Michael Clyne’s support, the ‘International Working Group on Non-dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages’ (WGNV) was founded in 2010 at the Pluricentric Conference organised by Augusto da Silva in Braga, Portu-gal. In 2011 I organised the first WGNV conference, the papers of which were pub-lished in an edited volume. A total of 11 WGNV conferences have been held since 2011, and the 12th conference will take place in May 2025 in Lisbon. Since 2011, 214 papers by 299 authors have been published.
This book is an attempt to summarise the theory of pluricentricity and to re-flect the current state of the discussion. In doing so, I rely on my own work as well as on that published in the context of the WGNDV conferences and others. Of course, relevant work by other researchers has also been included.
I would like to sincerely thank Juan Thomas, Maria Eugênia L. Duarte, and Gerhard Edelmann for reviewing the manuscript and feedback.
The book is intended to help clarify key questions of pluricentricity and promote the further development of the concept. I hope that the book will inspire readers and help them with their research.

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Wort in der Zeit – Zeit im Wort – 25 Jahre Österreichisches Wort des Jahres. Ein Bericht

Das vorliegende Buch ist ein Bericht über die Ergebnisse der Wahl des Österreichischen Worts des Jahres, die 1999 zum ersten Mal durchgeführt wurde und heuer ihr 25-jähriges Jubiläum feiert. Es wird gezeigt, wie sich die Wahl und die Teilnahme an der Wahl allmählich entwickelt hat, an der zuletzt knapp 20.000 Wählerinnen und Wähler teilgenommen haben. Gezeigt wird auch, wie die Kandidaten für die Wörter, Unwörter, Jugendwörter, die positiven und negativen Sprüche des Jahres bestimmt werden und welche Kriterien der Auswahl zu Grunde liegen. Das Buch enthält neben einleitenden Kapiteln ein Archiv aller Kandidatenwörter und –sprüche sowie die Wahlergebnisse aller 25 Jahre in allen Kategorien. Zur besseren Orientierung findet sich am Ende des Buches ein Register.
Neben einem Kapitel, das die Entwicklung der Wahl in den letzten 25 Jahren aufzeigt, wird in einem weiteren auch eine semantische Analyse der einzelnen Wörter und Unwörter vorgenommen, die zeigt, in welchen Bereichen besonders viele der gewählten Wörter vorkommen.
In einem Kapitel wird eine Sammlung besonders lustiger Wörter präsentiert, die über die Jahre gewählt oder als Kandidatenwort an der Wahl beteiligt waren.
Gewissermaßen die Kehrseite der österreichischen Sprachrealität wird im darauffolgenden Kapitel gezeigt, wo eine große Zahl „unlustiger“ Wörter versammelt ist. Es sind dort die vielen Unwörter und Unsprüche, die in den 25 Jahren gewählt wurden. Sie wurden aufgelistet, um zum Nachdenken anzuregen, was in unserem Land seit einiger Zeit schief läuft und das Zusammenleben erschwert.
Mit dem Buch wird einerseits ein Resümee gezogen und andererseits ist damit die Hoffnung verbunden, dass es zur Steigerung des Interesses an der Wahl beiträgt.

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Pluricentric Languages in Africa and in Other Regions of the World

This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Pluricentric Languages and their Non-Dominant Varieties. It comprises papers that discuss several pluricentric languages and their non-dominant varieties from different regions of the world, much in keeping with the diverse range of topics that were presented at the online conference that was hosted by the University of Leipzig on August 23-24, 2023. As the subtitle of the conference was Pluricentric Languages, Multilingualism, and Linguistic Dehegemonisation in Africa, the primary focus of the volume is also on pluricentric languages in a highly diverse, multilingual African context. The contributions in the second part of the volume (i.e. the final five papers) are concerned with topics that are related to pluricentric languages and their non-dominant varieties in other areas of the world, such as the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East.

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Other Publications on Pluricentric Languages

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Hungarian as a Pluricentric Language in Language and Literature

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European Pluricentric Languages in Contact and Conflict

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Pluricentric Languages and Non-Dominant Varieties Worldwide: New pluricentric languages-old problems

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Pluricentric Languages and Non-Dominant Varieties Worldwide Part I: Pluricentric Languages across Continents. Features and Usage

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Pluricentric Languages: New Perspectives in Theory and Description.

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Exploring Linguistic Standards in Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages. / Explorando estándares lingüísticos en variedades no dominantes de lenguas pluricéntricas.

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