ISBN:
0521828961
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0521535867
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 210 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Osheim, Duane J. [Rezension von: Burke, Peter, Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe] 2006
Series Statement:
The 2002 Wiles lectures given at the Queen's University, Belfast
Parallel Title:
Print version Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe
DDC:
306.44/094
Keywords:
Sociolinguistics History
Abstract:
Peter Burke identifies and discusses major themes in the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution. He examines, in particular, the relationship between languages and communities, and between language and identity. A unique, pan-European study
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology 1450-1794; Prologue: communities and domains; CHAPTER 1 'Speak, that I may see thee': the discovery of language in early modern Europe; CHAPTER 2 Latin: a language in search of a community; CHAPTER 3 Vernaculars in competition; CHAPTER 4 Standardizing languages; CHAPTER 5 Mixing languages; CHAPTER 6 Purifying languages; Epilogue: languages and nations; APPENDIX Languages in Europe 1450-1789; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-199) and index
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