ISBN:
9780511617362
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages)
Series Statement:
The Wiles lectures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.44/094
Keywords:
Geschichte 1450-1790
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Geschichte 1450-1789
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Geschichte
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Sociolinguistics / Europe / History
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Historische Soziolinguistik
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Sprache
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Kultur
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Soziolinguistik
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Europa
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Europa
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Europa
;
Sprache
;
Historische Soziolinguistik
;
Geschichte 1450-1789
;
Europa
;
Sprache
;
Soziolinguistik
;
Geschichte 1450-1790
;
Europa
;
Sprache
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte 1450-1790
Abstract:
In this magisterial study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, churches, occupations and genders as well as nations) and the place of language as a way of identifying others as well as a symbol of one's own identity. A second, linked theme is that of competition: between Latin and the vernaculars, between different vernaculars, dominant and subordinate, and finally between different varieties of the same vernacular, such as standard languages and dialects. Written by one of Europe's leading cultural historians, this book restores the history of the many languages of Europe in a large variety of contexts
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511617362
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