Switzerland’s minority communities regret the eclipse of standard German, while educationalists are concerned by a loss of linguistic competence on the part of German speakers. Forum Helveticum, a ...
Reading up on local etiquette is always important when traveling, so keep this important tip in mind if you plan to do any ...
How do you like those Apfelüberrests? Cambridge researcher develops smartphone app to map Swiss-German dialects Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Zurich and Bern have developed a ...
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What does Gigetschi mean? And what are the linguistic peculiarities of Swiss German? Our sixth episode of the Dialect Hotline is all about Swiss German! Rahel meets with Valerio Moser to take a closer ...
There is no such thing as the Swiss Dictionary. I know because I’ve been searching for one ever since I began plotting my trip to Europe’s little landlocked country in the middle. Yes, there are a few ...
Vol. 17, No. 4, Language Dissertation No. 34: Swiss German Dialect and Romance Patois (Oct. - Dec., 1941), pp. 3+8-75 (69 pages) Language, a journal of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), has ...
Multilingualism remains a key pillar of our education policy, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, expressing the ministry’s full support for the newly introduced annual German ...
GRENCHEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swatch has published a version of its annual report in the Swiss-German dialect for which there is no standard written form, the latest act of rebellion from the ...