SPRACHEINSTELLUNGEN IM MIGRATIONSKONTEXT – AM BEISPIEL DES ALBANISCHEN UND DEUTSCHEN/ LANGUAGE ATTITUDES IN THE MIGRATION CONTEXT – THE EXAMPLE OF ALBANIAN AND GERMAN

Abstract

The article provides insights into the language situation of the three-generation (G1-G3) Albanian language group (n=120) in Germany and Switzerland and presents their attitudes towards varieties of both languages (Albanian-German). According to the results, the respondents are positively disposed towards both languages and attach a high value to them. Standard German achieves the highest values, while dialects of this language come last in the ranking. The results also show that respondents in Switzerland deal with diglossia more openly and are thus better anchored in Swiss society than the Albanian group in Germany. Finally, our data show that most respondents see their future in Germany and Switzerland and that there is no significant correlation between language attitudes and future career prospects.

Keywords

• language attitudes
• language contact
• language varieties
• language behaviour
• albanian dialects