Journal Issue: Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitas Ostraviensis Studia Germanistica Nr. 35/2024
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2025-03
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The peer-reviewed journal Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Ostraviensis Studia Germanistica continues in the tradition of the collections of studies published by the Faculty's Department of German Studies in 2006 and 2007. Studia Germanistica was launched as a peer-reviewed journal in 2008 and has been issued biannually since 2009. From the very beginning, all papers submitted to Studia Germanistica have undergone a process of standard independent double-blind peer review. The members of the editorial board are all renowned scholars of German language, literature and culture based at universities in the Czech Republic and abroad. Studia Germanistica only accepts original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
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Ein realistischer Blick auf das Deutsche (nicht nur) als Wissenschaftssprache
(2025) Eichinger, Ludwig M.
During the 19th century German became similar to French and English in its general importance. This position was largely due to the influence of the newly reformed system of education and research in which German speaking countries played an important role. Obviously, things have changed since then, the use of German nowadays reflects its status as a large European language, with the international language being English. This change in status is often seen as a fundamental loss. But, taking into account all the prerequisites and historical developments of the linguistic landscape, German has been rather successful. Arguments for this position – and corresponding facts - are presented in the following paper.