| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Kindergarten as a bastion : on the discursive construction of a homogeneous speech community and national identity |
| Authors: | Knoll, Alex |
| et. al: | No |
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für Diskursforschung |
| Volume(Issue): | 4 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 137 |
| Pages to: | 153 |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Beltz Juventa |
| ISSN: | 2195-867X |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Identity; National identity; Kindergarten; Dialect; High German; Homogeneous speech community |
| Subject (DDC): | 370: Education 430: German |
| Abstract: | In the second half of the 2000s there was a public debate in German-speaking Switzerland about whether kindergarten teachers and children in class should speak the local dialect or High German. It was about more than just the language of instruction: I argue that kindergarten is a discursive arena in which national identity is constructed. First, it is viewed as protecting a presumably historically grown culture and nation. Secondly, a homogeneous community of dialect speakers is constructed and isolated from the others that do not belong to it. As a consequence, kindergarten is becoming a bastion in defence of national identity and unburdened childhood at the same time. |
| URI: | https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03 https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25961 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Social Work |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family (IKJF) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Soziale Arbeit |
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Knoll, A. (2016). Kindergarten as a bastion : on the discursive construction of a homogeneous speech community and national identity. Zeitschrift Für Diskursforschung, 4(2), 137–153. https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03
Knoll, A. (2016) ‘Kindergarten as a bastion : on the discursive construction of a homogeneous speech community and national identity’, Zeitschrift für Diskursforschung, 4(2), pp. 137–153. Available at: https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03.
A. Knoll, “Kindergarten as a bastion : on the discursive construction of a homogeneous speech community and national identity,” Zeitschrift für Diskursforschung, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 137–153, 2016, [Online]. Available: https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03
KNOLL, Alex, 2016. Kindergarten as a bastion : on the discursive construction of a homogeneous speech community and national identity. Zeitschrift für Diskursforschung [online]. 2016. Bd. 4, Nr. 2, S. 137–153. Verfügbar unter: https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03
Knoll, Alex. 2016. “Kindergarten as a Bastion : On the Discursive Construction of a Homogeneous Speech Community and National Identity.” Zeitschrift Für Diskursforschung 4 (2): 137–53. https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03.
Knoll, Alex. “Kindergarten as a Bastion : On the Discursive Construction of a Homogeneous Speech Community and National Identity.” Zeitschrift Für Diskursforschung, vol. 4, no. 2, 2016, pp. 137–53, https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/view/58591320-6c64-43ab-80d0-14f2b0dd2d03.
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