Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity : : Northern Europe, 16th-19th Centuries /

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

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...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (188 p.) :; 4 halftones
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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

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