ISBN:
9789004355217
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 425 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history volume 305
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Haar, Alisa van de The golden mean of languages
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 2018
DDC:
306.44/609492
Keywords:
Multilingualism History 16th century
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Languages in contact Historyy16th century
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Dutch language History 16th century
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French language History 16th century
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
Introduction: fascinating multilingualism -- The multilingual low countries -- Trending topics in European language reflection -- French schools -- Calvinist churches -- Printing houses -- Chambers of rhetoric -- Conclusions.
Abstract:
"In The Golden Mean of Languages, Alisa van de Haar sheds new light on the debates regarding the form and status of the vernacular in the early modern Low Countries, where both Dutch and French were local tongues. The fascination with the history, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Dutch and French has been studied mainly from monolingual perspectives tracing the development towards modern Dutch or French. Van de Haar shows that the discussions on these languages were rooted in multilingual environments, in particular in French schools, Calvinist churches, printing houses, and chambers of rhetoric. The proposals that were formulated there to forge Dutch and French into useful forms were not directed solely at uniformization but were much more diverse"--
Note:
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
