Multilingualism, nationhood, and cultural identity: Northern Europe 16th-19th centuries

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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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Frijhoff, Willem 1942-2004 (HerausgeberIn), Kok-Escalle, Marie-Christine 1948- (HerausgeberIn), Sanchez-Summerer, Karène 1975- (HerausgeberIn), Brandt, Bettina (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:Languages and culture in history
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048530007
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048530007
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048530007
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048530007
Zusammenfassung: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
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Part I: Approaches of multilingualism in the past. -- Codes, routines and communication: forms and meaning of linguistic plurality in Western European societies in former times / Willem Frijhoff -- Capitalizing multilingual competence: language learning and teaching in the Early Modern period / Pierre Swiggers -- Part II: Multilingualism in Early Modern times: three examples. Plurilingualism in Augsburg and Nuremberg in Early Modern times / Konrad Schröder -- Multilingualism in the Dutch Golden Age: an exploration / Willem Frijhoff -- Literacy, usage, and national prestige: the changing fortunes of Gaelic in Ireland / Joep Leerssen
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (193 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048530007
DOI:10.1017/9789048530007