Authority and Identity - A Sociolinguistic History of Europe Before the Modern Age

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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? Zusammenfassung 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? Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: R Millar, R. Millar, Robert McColl Millar, MILLAR ROBERT MCCOLL
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2010
• EAN: 9780230232556
• ISBN: 978-0-230-23255-6
• No. of pages: 255
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; B, European History, Linguistics, world history, Sociolinguistics, Language and Literature, Language: reference & general, Literary studies: general, Historical & comparative linguistics, Stylistics, World History, Global and Transnational History, Philology, Europe—History, Comparative Linguistics, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Europe;history;identity;language;sociology of language