• The Study of Real Language: Observing the Observers ; To What Extent is German an International Language? ; Germanness: Language and Nation ; Norms and Reforms ; Directions of Change in Contemporary German ; After the Wall: Social Change and Linguistic Variation in Berlin ; Theories of Sociolinguistic Variation in the German Context ; Language in Intercultural Communication ; Critical Linguistics and the Study of Institutional Communication ; Political Discourse: The Language of Right and Left in Germany ; Evaluation of Language use in Public Discourse: Language Attitudes in Austria ; Language and Gender ; Jugendsprachen: Speech Styles of Youth Subcultures ; Language and Television

These contributions work well together as a collected volume. They constitute a theme, and raise interesting questions for future research.

• The Study of Real Language: Observing the Observers ; To What Extent is German an International Language? ; Germanness: Language and Nation ; Norms and Reforms ; Directions of Change in Contemporary German ; After the Wall: Social Change and Linguistic Variation in Berlin ; Theories of Sociolinguistic Variation in the German Context ; Language in Intercultural Communication ; Critical Linguistics and the Study of Institutional Communication ; Political Discourse: The Language of Right and Left in Germany ; Evaluation of Language use in Public Discourse: Language Attitudes in Austria ; Language and Gender ; Jugendsprachen: Speech Styles of Youth Subcultures ; Language and Television

These contributions work well together as a collected volume. They constitute a theme, and raise interesting questions for future research.

• The Study of Real Language: Observing the Observers ; To What Extent is German an International Language? ; Germanness: Language and Nation ; Norms and Reforms ; Directions of Change in Contemporary German ; After the Wall: Social Change and Linguistic Variation in Berlin ; Theories of Sociolinguistic Variation in the German Context ; Language in Intercultural Communication ; Critical Linguistics and the Study of Institutional Communication ; Political Discourse: The Language of Right and Left in Germany ; Evaluation of Language use in Public Discourse: Language Attitudes in Austria ; Language and Gender ; Jugendsprachen: Speech Styles of Youth Subcultures ; Language and Television

These contributions work well together as a collected volume. They constitute a theme, and raise interesting questions for future research.