TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Norbert Richard T1 - Von der Bedeutung der deutschen Sprache in Europa T1 - On the role of the German language in Europe T2 - Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Ostraviensis / Studia Germanistica N2 - The article describes the role of German as a working language and official language of the European Union. It also focuses on issues associated with the notion of an 'overarching' language of general use: especially in the field of law, each language reflects the specific legal and administrative traditions of the society in which it developed, meaning that different languages frequently lack precise one-to-one equivalents for particular legal concepts. Finally, the author assesses the 'economic value' of several European languages as proposed by Ulrich Ammons, demonstrating that German plays a leading role in this regard. KW - Deutsch KW - Europa KW - Europäische Union KW - Verkehrssprache Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47653 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-476531 UR - http://periodika.osu.cz/studiagermanistica/ SN - 1803-408X VL - 11 IS - 18 SP - 57 EP - 68 PB - Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě CY - Ostrava ER -