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Country

Germany

Foundation Date

1964

Type of institution

Foundation

Parent body

(Financially) maintained by the federal government of Germany and the state ('Land') Baden-Württemberg

Language

German

Objectives/Tasks/Activities

Research and documentation of the German language in its present use and its recent history.

Responsible person

Director (Head): Prof. Dr. Ludwig Eichinger;

Representative for the Federation: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Stickel

Number of staff

102 (70 academics; 32 others) ; 3 departments: grammar, lexicography and lexicology, pragmatics; 2 central working units: linguistic data processing; public relations and documentation

Periodicals and serial publications

a) Series:
Schriften des Instituts für Deutsche Sprache (Berlin / New York : de Guyter)
Studien zur deutschen Sprache (Tübingen : Narr)
Jahrbücher des Instituts für Deutsche Sprache (Berlin / New York : de Gruyter)
Phonai – Texte und Untersuchungen zum gesprochen Deutsch (Tübingen : Niemeyer)
Studienbibliographien Sprachwissenschaft (Tübingen : Staufenburg)
amades – Arbeitspapiere und Materialien zu deutschen Sprache (Mannheim : IDS)

b) Periodicals:
Deutsche Sprache. Zeitschrift für Theorie, Praxis, Dokumentation (Berlin : Schmidt)
Sprachreport. Informationen und Meinungen zur deutschen Sprache (Mannheim : IDS)

Address

Postal adress
Postfach  10 16 21
D-68016 Mannheim
Deutschland
visiting adress
R5, 6-13
68168 Mannheim
Telefon: +49-621-1581-0
Fax:       +49-621-1581-200
E-Mail: direktor@ids-mannheim.de
URL: www.ids-mannheim.de

Languages in which the organisation is able to communicate actively

German, English, French

Other languages in which the institution is able to receive communications

Dutch, Italian, Spanish