Languages in the Lutheran Reformation (eBook)

Textual Networks and the Spread of Ideas

Tuomo Fonsen, Mikko Kauko, Miika Norro, Kirsi-Maria Nummila, Tanja Toropainen (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
9789048531219 (ISBN)

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Mikko Kauko, PhD (2015), Scandinavian Languages, University of Turku.Miika Norro, Doctoral student, Cultural History (School of History, Culture and Arts Studies), University of Turku.Kirsi-Maria Nummila, PhD (2012) in Finnish Language, is a lecturer at the University of Turku. She is fascinated by the 15th- and 16th-century Old Literary Finnish, and has published various articles on the topic.Tanja Toropainen, MA in Finnish Language, is a university lecturer at the University of Turku. She is interested in historical lexicology, and has published several articles on word formation in Old Literary Finnish.Tuomo Fonsén, PhD (2006) in German Language, is the head of the linguistics working committee for the Reformation anniversary 2017 at the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (TUCEMEMS). His interests include, among others, Early Modern grammaticography and vernacular Bible translations.

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This collection of essays charts the influence of the Lutheran Reformation on various (northern) European languages and texts written in them. The central themes of Languages in the Lutheran Reformation: Textual Networks and the Spread of Ideas are: how the ideas related to Lutheranism were adapted to the new areas, new languages, and new contexts during the Reformation period in the 16th and 17th centuries; and how the Reformation affected the standardization of the languages. Networks of texts, knowledge, and authors belong to the topics of the present volume. The contributions look into language use, language culture, and translation activities during the Reformation, but also in the prelude to the Reformation as well as after it, in the early modern period. The contributors are experts in the study of their respective languages, including Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, High German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Low German, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. The primary texts explored in the essays are Bible translations, but genres other than biblical are also discussed.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-13: 9789048531219 / 9789048531219