what are Hegelian dialects?
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Well, Hegel was born in Stuttgart, which is in Baden-Wurttemberg. That region is today associated with the Alemannic and Franconian dialects of High German. Hegel was from an educated family, so he may also have been influenced by “court” dialects imposed through intentional standardization of the language, though these would have coincidentally been quite similar to the High German dialects of Stuttgart, which are in turn a big influence on today’s “Standard German.” That makes Hegel the relatively rare 18th/19th century German who would sound relatively “normal” today. Neat!
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