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dc.identifier	ECF_article_316
dc.title	Austria, Germany, Switzerland. Linguistic and Cultural Differences and Similarities
dc.contributor.author	Zucchi Stefan Matthias
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/elle/2016/1numero-monografico/austria-germania-e-svizzera/
dc.description.abstract	The germanophone area in central Europe is far from being homogenous, not only in political terms due to its (primary) division in three independent countries, but also in linguistic terms: besides its diatopic subdivision with dozens of different dialects from northern Germany down to South Tyrol, from east Belgium to Brandenburg, long-since German is considered a pluricentric language with three national standard varieties: German, Austrian and Swiss standard German. Its political and linguistic three-part division has yield three different (national) cultures as well, with distinct characters though joint to each other by an undeniable common thread. Within the context of intercultural communication, German as a foreign language teaching should point out these internal cultural differences as well as those between the learner’s cultural background and cultural items of the German-speaking countries.
dc.relation.ispartof	EL.LE
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 5 \| Issue 1 \| March 2016
dc.issued	2016-03-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-6792
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2280-6792/ELLE-5-1-16-1
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	German as a foreign language
dc.subject	German as a foreign language
dc.subject	Intercultural communication
dc.subject	Intercultural communication
dc.subject	Pluricentric language
dc.subject	Pluricentric language

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Linguistic and Cultural Differences and Similarities

Stefan Matthias Zucchi Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The germanophone area in central Europe is far from being homogenous, not only in political terms due to its (primary) division in three independent countries, but also in linguistic terms: besides its diatopic subdivision with dozens of different dialects from northern Germany down to South Tyrol, from east Belgium to Brandenburg, long-since German is considered a pluricentric language with three national standard varieties: German, Austrian and Swiss standard German. Its political and linguistic three-part division has yield three different (national) cultures as well, with distinct characters though joint to each other by an undeniable common thread. Within the context of intercultural communication, German as a foreign language teaching should point out these internal cultural differences as well as those between the learner’s cultural background and cultural items of the German-speaking countries.

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March 1, 2016

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Keywords: Pluricentric language • Intercultural communication • German as a foreign language

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