MINORITY LANGUAGES UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION

• Authors: Camiel Hamans
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

This paper discusses the special interest the Third Reich ideologues had for Germanic minority languages. In particular, the situation in Friesland, Flanders and Brittany is addressed. Moreover, it is made clear how German linguists from that period tried to annex Wallonia as an original Germanic area. Finally, the consequences of this cooperation with the Nazi occupier for the post-war discussions about these minority languages are briefly indicated.

Keywords

EN

language diversity, minority language, endangered language, indigenous communities, Nazi occupation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 19
• Pages: 39-49

Dates

published

2019-12-15

Contributors

author

Camiel Hamans

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/snp.2019.19.03