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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- Table of Contents
- Languages and Culture in History
- A New Series
- Willem Frijhoff, Marie-Christine Kok Escalle, and Karène Sanchez-Summerer
- 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
- 5. Literacy, Usage and National Prestige
- The Changing Fortunes of Gaelic in Ireland
- Index
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