Review "What makes this collection so exciting is its demonstration of the linguistic dichotomy created by a unified Germany and the sociolinguistic ferment it generates....Fills a void in up-to-date English-language information on German linguistics. Highly recommended for all college and universitycollections, as well as public libraries."--Choice Product Description Language has always been a major marker of cultural identity in the German-speaking world, and the reunification of Germany, with its dramatic political and cultural consequences, has led to an upsurge of interest in contemporary German. In this collection of essays, German linguists considera wide range of topics, including language change, language in political discourse, language in Berlin after the wall, language and gender, the speech styles of youth subcultures, and language and television. About the Author Patrick Stevenson is Lecturer in German at the University of Southampton.