Multilingualism in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age : : Communication and Miscommunication in the Premodern World / / ed. by Albrecht Classen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Bak, János M.,; Beale-Rivaya, Yasmine,; Classen, Albrecht,; Connell, Charles W.,; Cooper-Rompato, Christine,; Eherenman, Kimberly A.,; Halmari, Helena,; Ingham, Michael,; Ingham, Richard,; Kaplan, Gregory B.,; Marcus, Imogen,; Mondschein, Ken,; Niiranen, Susanna,; Peters Auslander, Diane,; Regetz, Timothy,; Tuley, K. A.,; Willard, Thomas,
• HerausgeberIn: Classen, Albrecht,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture , 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 402 p.)

Bi- and multilingualism are of great interest for contemporary linguists since this phenomenon deeply reflects on language acquisition, language use, and sociolinguistic conditions in many different circumstances all over the world. Multilingualism was, however, certainly rather common already, if n...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Multilingualism in the Middle Ages
• “Victor Victus”
• The Impact of Bilingualism and Diglossia in Cantabria (Spain) during Late Antiquity
• “The Walling of New Ross,” 1265
• The Power of Multilingualism in the Voices of Hildegard of Bingen
• At the Crossroads of Languages
• Vernacular Bilingualism in Professional Spaces, 1200 to 1400
• A Kingdom of Many Languages
• 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
• Bi- and Multilingualism in the Early English Ballad
• Multilingualism in Medieval Europe
• Language Switching and Alliteration in Oxford, MS Bodley 649
• The Devil Is in the Details
• Hard Places
• Index