This monograph offers a comprehensive reassessment of the dominant German grammarian of the 17th century J.G. Schottelius, and examines his legacy both in Germany and Europe.

• Offers comprehensive documentation of Schottelius's numerous sources to show the range and limits of scholarly knowledge in 17th-century Germany
• Introduces new data that provides insight into whether a grammarian like Schottelius could have any impact on how people actually wrote
• Provides an accessible reading of Schottelius's landmark study (with quotations translated into English) that...

Language, Society and Identity in early Iceland offers a much-needed exploration into the problem of linguistic and social identity construction in early Iceland, and is a fascinating account of an under examined historical-linguistic story that will spur further research and discussion amongst researchers.

• Engages with recent theoretical research on dialect formation and language isolation
• Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of dialect development, putting forward a persuasive hypothesis accounting for the lack of dialect variation in Icelandic
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Revitalising Language in Provence: A Critical Approach questions the concept of language revitalization and challenges the field's main tenets through a detailed analysis Southern France's ProvenCal movement, one of Europe's longest standing language revitalisation projects.

• Presents a wealth of new research data relating to revitalising language movement
• Offers an innovative new way of problematizing language revitalisation
• Questions the very concept of language revitalisation and challenges the field's main tenets
• Reveals what language...