Hierarchia języków w szkołach Galicji w narracji urzędników habsburskich pod koniec XVIII wieku
The hierarchy of languages in Galician schools in the narrative of Habsburg officials at the end of 18th century

Author(s): Anna Maria Harbig
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: language policy; language statues; Galicia; Habsburg monarchy
Summary/Abstract: The present article analyses the metalanguage commentaries of the Habsburg officials establishing the German language as the language of instruction in Galician schools while introducing the Act of Law “Allgemeine Schulordnung” after the year 1774. Their communications show similarities to the language narration which appeared in the intra-German dispute about the so-called “Sprachverbesserung” (language improvement). The issues that were raised in the German countries in the 18th century during the discourse promoting the value of the native language relative to its emancipation from Latin and French in science and education, and in relation to the regional competition for the “proper German”, assumed expansive forms within the range that was adapted in order to present the means for the language policy in Galician schools.

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