Authority and Identity
A Sociolinguistic History of Europe before the Modern Age
Published on 21. July 2010
Book
Hardback
VIII, 247 pages
978-0-230-23255-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a history of Europe unlike any other: a theory-informed history of its language use. The 'rise' and 'fall' of languages are recounted, along with an analysis of why periods of linguistic diversity are followed by hegemony. How did the sociolinguistic past differ from the sociolinguistic present?
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Edition
2010 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen
VIII, 247 p. 8 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-23255-6 (9780230232556)
DOI
10.1057/9780230282032
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Person
ROBERT McCOLL MILLAR is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His books include
Language, Nation and Power
and
Northern and Insular Scots
.
Content
List of Illustrations A Note on Naming Prologue Sociology of Language: An Introduction Linguistic Prehistory The First European Literacies The First Hegemonies Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces. Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period Competing Hegemonies: The High Middle Ages The Birth of the Modern?: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Conclusions Notes Bibliography