| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The 2002 Wiles lectures given at the Queen's University, Belfast
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Wiles lectures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-199) and index. |
| Summary |
Peter Burke identifies and discusses major themes in the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution. He examines, in particular, the relationship between languages and communities, and between language and identity. A unique, pan-European study. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology 1450-1794; Prologue: communities and domains; CHAPTER 1 'Speak, that I may see thee': the discovery of language in early modern Europe; CHAPTER 2 Latin: a language in search of a community; CHAPTER 3 Vernaculars in competition; CHAPTER 4 Standardizing languages; CHAPTER 5 Mixing languages; CHAPTER 6 Purifying languages; Epilogue: languages and nations; APPENDIX Languages in Europe 1450-1789; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Europe -- History.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burke, Peter. Languages and communities in early modern Europe. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2004045499 |
| ISBN |
0511230508 (electronic book) |
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9780511230509 (electronic book) |
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0511228880 |
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9780511228889 |
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0511229720 |
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9780511229725 |
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9780511231278 (electronic book) |
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051123127X (electronic book) |
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9780511617362 (ebook) |
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0511617364 (ebook) |
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1280702109 |
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9781280702105 |
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0521828961 (Cloth) |
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0521535867 (Paper) |
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9780521828963 |
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9780521535861 |
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