UID:
almahu_9948639794602882
Format:
1 online resource (193 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9789048530007 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Languages and culture in history.
Content:
Before the modern nation-state became a stable, widespread phenomenon throughout northern Europe, multilingualism-the use of multiple languages in one geographical area-was common throughout the region. This book brings together historians and linguists, who apply their respective analytic tools to offer an interdisciplinary interpretation of the functions of multilingualism in identity-building in the period, and, from that, draw valuable lessons for understanding today's cosmopolitan societies.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).
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Part I: Approaches of multilingualism in the past. -- Codes, routines and communication: forms and meaning of linguistic plurality in Western European societies in former times / Willem Frijhoff -- Capitalizing multilingual competence: language learning and teaching in the Early Modern period / Pierre Swiggers -- Part II: Multilingualism in Early Modern times: three examples. Plurilingualism in Augsburg and Nuremberg in Early Modern times / Konrad Schröder -- Multilingualism in the Dutch Golden Age: an exploration / Willem Frijhoff -- Literacy, usage, and national prestige: the changing fortunes of Gaelic in Ireland / Joep Leerssen.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9789462980617
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9789048530007/type/BOOK
