Language Contact and Development Around the North Sea - Couverture rigide

 
9789027248398: Language Contact and Development Around the North Sea
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ISBN 10 : 9027248397 ISBN 13 : 9789027248398
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2012

Synopsis

This volume brings together eleven studies on the history of language and writing in the North Sea area, with focus on contacts and interchanges through time. Its range spans from the investigation of pre-Germanic place-names to present-day Shetland; the materials studied include glosses, legal and trade documents as well as place names and modern dialects. The volume is unique in its combination of linguistics and place-name studies with literacy studies, which allows for a very dynamic picture of the history of language contact and texts in the North Sea area. Different approaches come together to illuminate a major insight: the omnipresence of multilingualism as a context for language development and a formative characteristic of literacy. Among the contributors are experts on English, Nordic and German language history. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students working on the history of Northern European languages, literacy studies and language contact

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume brings together eleven studies on the history of language and writing in the North Sea area, with focus on contacts and interchanges through time. Its range spans from the investigation of pre-Germanic place-names to present-day Shetland; the materials studied include glosses, legal and trade documents as well as place names and modern dialects. The volume is unique in its combination of linguistics and place-name studies with literacy studies, which allows for a very dynamic picture of the history of language contact and texts in the North Sea area. Different approaches come together to illuminate a major insight: the omnipresence of multilingualism as a context for language development and a formative characteristic of literacy. Among the contributors are experts on English, Nordic and German language history. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students working on the history of Northern European languages, literacy studies and language contact

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027248397
ISBN 13 
9789027248398
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
251
Éditeur
Stenroos Merja, Mäkinen Martti, Særheim Inge
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible