Multilingualism, nationhood, and cultural identity : northern Europe 16th-19th centuries / edited by Willem Frijhoff, Marie-Christine Kok Escalle and Karène Sanchez-Summerer ; Bettina Brandt as translator and Mary Robitaille-Ibbett as translator and corrector.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
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1 online resource (193 pages)

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Series
Languages and culture in history [More in this series]
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"Multilingualism, nationhood, and cultural identity : northern Europe 16th-19th centuries offers systemic and analytical studies of the little-known multilingual practices of northern Europe before the creation of the nation states. In the 17th century, the Dutch Republic was home to a society where the practice of multilingualism was embedded in its social dynamics, in the use of dialects and foreign languages with their social functions and group identities. These same realities can be found today in other northern European countries. The notion of a national language did not crystallize before the early modern period and the creation of nation states. However, the ideal of a universal language has been present throughout history. This methodological discussion of the systems of European countries where multiple languages coexisted between the 16th and the 19th centuries provides valuable lessons for the understanding of today societies"--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 28, 2017).
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Text in English with some translated into English from Dutch.
Contents
  • 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.
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Northern Europe 16th-19th centuries
ISBN
  • 9789048530007 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9048530008 ((electronic bk.))
LCCN
2016519071
OCLC
995358949
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