Heinz Kloss

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Heinz Kloss (1904 - 1987) was a German linguist and internationally recognised authority on linguistic minorities [1].

He coined the terms "ausbausprache", "abstandsprache" and "dachsprache" to try and describe the differences in between what is commonly called a language and what is commonly called a dialect.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Kloss, H. (1977) The American Bilingual Tradition

[edit] Papers

  • Kloss, H. (1967) "Abstand languages and Ausbau languages" in Anthropological Linguistics

[edit] References

  1. ^  German Immigrant Culture in America by Dr. Peter C. Merrill
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