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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Languages and culture in history ; 1Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (188 p.) : 4 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789048530007
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44/6094
LOC classification:
  • P115.5.E85 M8745 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
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
Summary: 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.

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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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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