ISBN:
3110470969
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9783110470963
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9783110470963
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (386 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture 18
Series Statement:
Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture Ser v.17
Parallel Title:
Print version Classen, Albrecht Multilingualism in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age : Communication and Miscommunication in the Premodern World
DDC:
306.44609
Keywords:
Multilingualism
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Languages belong to the fundamentals of human existence, and many more times than we might assume people actually speak two or more languages. Studying bi- and multilingualism in the Middle Ages and beyond sheds important light on basic sociolinguistic structures determining everyday life and culture in the premodern world. The question of linguistic competence addresses inter-cultural, intra-social, and also inter-gender issues Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Abstract:
Table of Contents -- Multilingualism in the Middle Ages. Theoretical and Historical Reflections. An Introduction -- "Victor Victus" -- The Impact of Bilingualism and Diglossia in Cantabria (Spain) during Late Antiquity -- "The Walling of New Ross," 1265. Multilingualism, Ethnicity, and Urban Politics in Post-Invasion Ireland -- The Power of Multilingualism in the Voices of Hildegard of Bingen
Abstract:
At the Crossroads of Languages. The Linguistics Choices along Border Communities of the Reconquista in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries -- Vernacular Bilingualism in Professional Spaces, 1200 to 1400 -- A Kingdom of Many Languages. Linguistic Pluralism in Medieval Hungary -- Multilingualism and Power in the Latin East -- Apothecary's Art as a Contact Zone in Late Medieval Southern France -- Xenoglossia and Multilingualism in Middle English Sermons on Pentecost
Abstract:
Bi- and Multilingualism in the Early English Ballad. Francophone Influences in the Development of the Ballad Genre in Medieval England -- Multilingualism in Medieval Europe. Pilgrimage, Travel, Diplomacy, and Linguistic Challenges. The Case of Felix Fabri and His Contemporaries -- Language Switching and Alliteration in Oxford, MS Bodley 649 -- The Devil Is in the Details. How Fray Bernardino de Sahagún's Trilingualism Missed the Mark in New Spain -- Hard Places. Paracelsian Neologisms and Early Modern Guides -- Index
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