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Informationen zum Autor Peter Burke is Professor of Cultural History and a Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge. He has published over twenty books which have been translated into over thirty languages. Klappentext Peter Burke explores 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. One theme is the relation between languages and communities and the place of language as a way of identifying others! as well as a symbol of one's own identity. A second! linked theme is that of competition: between Latin and the vernaculars! different vernaculars! dominant and subordinate! and different varieties of the same vernacular. Zusammenfassung This book 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. It examines! in particular! the relationship between languages and communities! and between language and identity. A unique! pan-European study. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: communities and domains; 1. 'Speak, that I may see thee': the discovery of language in early modern Europe; 2. Latin: a language in search of a community; 3. Vernaculars in competition; 4. Standardizing languages; 5. Mixing languages; 6. Purifying languages; Epilogue: languages and nations; Appendix.
