"... It was a collision with a language that I didn't understand, but which I needed for my life from then on."
Dialect is the language of the mouth. So why is it written in Switzerland? Yes, what is a dialect anyway and why is Swiss German so special?
Based on these questions, Marina Rumjanzewa sets off on a linguistic journey of discovery. Together with dialect specialists, journalists and friends, she traverses the vast field of dialects. As a Germanist originally from Russia, she looks at the special Swiss language situation with a sharp, but also sympathetic and humorous eye. She shows the importance of dialects behind the scenes in Swiss television and newspaper editorial offices, combines her personal experiences and observations of the last 30 years in Switzerland with expert reports and theoretical considerations and comes to some surprising conclusions.