Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity (eBook)

Northern Europe, 16th-19th Centuries

Marie-Christine Kok Escalle, Willem Frijhoff, Karene Sanchez Summerer (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
198 Seiten
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-90-485-3000-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Willem Frijhoff is professor emeritus of modern history at VUUniversityAmsterdam. Marie-Christine Kok Escalle is a retired associate professor of French culture and intercultural communication at Utrecht University and is senior researcher at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry at Utrecht University. Karène Sanchez-Summerer is assistant professor of French language and culture and international studies at Leiden University.

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 90-485-3000-8 / 9048530008
• ISBN-13: 978-90-485-3000-7 / 9789048530007