{"product_id":"invisibilising-austrian-german","title":"Invisibilising Austrian German","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an insight into the standardisation process of German in eighteenth-century Austria. It describes how norms prescribed by grammarians were actually implemented via a school reform carried out by educationalist Johann Ignaz Felbiger on the order of Empress Maria Theresa. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were undertaken of certain Upper German features (e-apocope, the absence of the prefix ge- and the ending -t in past participles, and variants of the verb form sind) in reading primers, issues of the Wienerisches Diarium \/ Wiener Zeitung and petitionary letters. These reveal how such variants became increasingly 'invisible' in writing. This process of 'invisibilisation', i.e. a process of stigmatization which prevents the use of certain varieties and variants in writing, can be attributed to a number of factors: Empress Maria Theresa's appeal for a language reform, the normative work by eighteenth-century grammarians, the implementation of educational reforms, and the early introduction of East Central German variants in newspaper issues. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57334860480856,"sku":"9783110546293","price":139.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110546293.jpg?v=1780039848","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/invisibilising-austrian-german","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}