Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction: existence of a linguistic Frauenwelt?
  • 1.1 Preliminary observations
  • 1.2 Outline of methodology : historical and political discourses
  • 1.3 Outline of semantic theories
  • 1.4 Female discourse: a theoretical framework
  • 1.5 Historical background
  • 1.6 Linguistic background to National Socialist discourse
  • 1.7 Linguistic background to female discourse in National Socialism
  • 2 Morpho-semantic analysis
  • 2.1 Aspects of word-formation in female discourse
  • 2.2 Frau
  • 2.3 Mutter
  • 2.4 Use of the -in suffix
  • 2.5 Summary of word-formation in female discourse3 Lexico-semantic analysis
  • 3.1 Thematic Categories
  • 3.2 Women and the NSDAP
  • 3.3 Women and the Volksgemeinschaft
  • 3.4 Women and Motherhood, Women and Work
  • 4 Textual analysis
  • 4.1 Power, status and influence in female correspondence
  • 4.2 Historical and theoretical background
  • 4.3 Womenâ€?s correspondence in National Socialism: general characteristics
  • 4.4 Analysis of six letters
  • 4.5 Letters from women to men
  • 4.6 Letters from women to women
  • 4.7 Summary
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Appendix I: LetterheadsAppendix II: Womenâ€?s Letters
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index