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

ISBN-13: 9789462980617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 194 str.

Willem Frijhoff; Marie-Christine Kok Escalle; Karene Sanchez-Summerer

Opis

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, draws valuable lessons for understanding today's cosmopolitan societies.