Denglish

As a person who has studied the history of American English, as hard as it is for some parts of the German society to accept the courses of events, I believe that it is impossible for the German language to remain "pure" for languages are not rigid. Because it is the way people communicate and it is used all the time, it is only natural that people will try to find the easiest way to convey their thoughts and other terminology. This has happened in American English. Like the demographics of this country, American English, as we come to know it, is a mixture of Germanic, Latin(French, Spanisch, etc.) and England's languages. Scholars simply cannot prevent a particular way of communication among people.
This does not mean that I believe that it will have positive effect on the process of learning this language from the point of the students. This is because the nuances and non-standarization of a language will have harder time gaining the understanding of the contexts from which the Denglisch words come from. The best way for the Germans to preserve their language, as I see it, is to have different types of writings like the Japanese do. Have one for foreign language, one for speaking and informal communication, and one for formal writing whether it be scholarly or political. This way, the only aspect of their language that is affected is the one for foreign language.

Sam L.

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We will be using this blog throughout the semester for two kinds of assignments:

1. Once per chapter, the homework plan will direct you to post a response to the culture readings for the chapter on the blog.

2. Roughly every other week, the homework plan will direct you to post here for your Abenteuer mit Deutsch (AMD) assignment. First you do a fun activity that involves German, then you post about it. You should spend an hour total on this (maybe 45-55 minutes doing something, 5-15 minutes posting about it). See Was ist ein AMD, AMD Ideen and Beispiele for ideas. This should get you excited about the kinds of things you can do!

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