How Long to Read The Pluricentricity Debate

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pluricentricity Debate?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 22 minutes to read The Pluricentricity Debate by Stefan Dollinger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book unpacks a 30-year debate about the pluricentricity of German. It examines the concept of pluricentricity, an idea implicit to the study of World Englishes, which expressly allows for national standard varieties, and the notion of "pluri-areality," which seeks to challenge the former. Looking at the debate from three angles – methodological, theoretical, and epistemological – the volume draws on data from German and English, with additional perspectives from Dutch, Luxembourgish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian, to establish if and to what degree "pluri-areality" and pluricentricity model various sociolinguistic situations adequately. Dollinger argues that "pluri-areality" is synonymous with "geographical variation" and, as such, no match for pluricentricity. Instead, "pluri-areality" presupposes an atheoretical, supposedly "neutral", data-driven linguistics that violates basic science-theoretical principles. Three fail-safes are suggested – the uniformitarian hypothesis, Popper’s theory of falsification and speaker attitudes – to avoid philological incompatibilities and terminological clutter. This book is of particular interest to scholars in sociolinguistics, World Englishes, Germanic languages and linguists more generally.

How long is The Pluricentricity Debate?

The Pluricentricity Debate by Stefan Dollinger is 138 pages long, and a total of 35,604 words.

This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pluricentricity Debate Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 14 minutes to read The Pluricentricity Debate aloud.

What Reading Level is The Pluricentricity Debate?

The Pluricentricity Debate is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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