Dear Colleagues,
Please allow me to announce the publication of my second monograph:
Karl Tekusch als Sprachpfleger. Seine Rolle in Wiener Sprachvereinen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bremen: Hempen. (Freiburger Beiträge zur Linguistik 10.). 224 pages. ISBN 978-3-944312-33-0.
Karl Tekusch (1880–1977) was a self-declared Austrian language protector who dedicated 58 years of his life to ‘Sprachpflege’, language protection. He held leading positions in three language protection organisations: He was the last chairman of the Vienna branch of the (Allgemeiner) Deutscher Sprachverein (A)DSV [General Association for the German Language], and the first chairman of its Austrian post-war successor, the still existing and active Verein Muttersprache [Association Mother Tongue], founded in Vienna in 1948. He was also the founder and chair of the hitherto almost unknown Austrian language protection organisation Germanischer Sprachverein (Germanic Language Association) which existed in Vienna 1933-1948.
In my monograph, I mainly focus on Tekusch’s work for the unknown Germanischer Sprachverein, and I describe and analyse his publications for the association. In addition, I also discuss and analyse his writings published in connection with the (Allgemeiner) Deutscher Sprachverein and the Verein Muttersprache Wien. As I show, a continuous tradition of language protection has been existing in all three purist organisations. This is due to Tekusch’s leadership and his concept of ‘Sprachechtheit’ [language authenticity] which is based on racist theories.
http://www.hempen-verlag.de/karl-tekusch-als-sprachpfleger.html
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Also, I am happy to talk about Karl Tekusch and/or the Germanischer Sprachverein to you and your students.
Thank you,
Falco
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Dr Falco Pfalzgraf
- Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics [SLLF]
- Convenor of the MA in Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching [MAALELT]
- Convenor of the Language and Linguistics Section at the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations [CAGCR]
- Chairman of the London/UK branch of the Association for the German Language / Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache [GfdS]
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