Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity : : Northern Europe, 16th-19th Centuries / / ed. by Marie-Christine Kok Escalle, Willem Frijhoff, Karène Sanchez-Summerer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• MitwirkendeR: Escalle, Marie-Christine Kok,; Frijhoff, Willem,; Leerssen, Joep,; Sanchez-Summerer, Karène,; Schröder, Konrad,; Swiggers, Pierre,
• HerausgeberIn: Frijhoff, Willem,; Kok Escalle, Marie-Christine,; Sanchez-Summerer, Karène,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Languages and culture in history ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 p.) :; 4 halftones

Before the modern nation-state became a stable, widespread phenomenon throughout northern Europe, multilingualism-the use of multiple languages in one geographical area-was common throughout the region. This book brings together historians and linguists, who apply their respective analytic tools to offer an interdisciplinary interpretation of the functions of multilingualism in identity-building in the period, and, from that, draw valuable lessons for understanding today's cosmopolitan societies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Languages and Culture in History. A New Series -- Part I. Approaches to Multilingualism in the Past -- 1. Codes, Routines and Communication. Forms and Meaning of Linguistic Plurality in Western European Societies in Former Times -- 2. Capitalizing Multilingual Competence. Language Learning and Teaching in the Early Modern Period -- Part II. Multilingualism in Early Modern Times: Three Examples -- 3. Plurilingualism in Augsburg and Nuremberg in Early Modern Times -- 4. Multilingualism in the Dutch Golden Age. An Exploration -- 5. Literacy, Usage and National Prestige. The Changing Fortunes of Gaelic in Ireland -- Index