Authority and identity: a sociolinguistic history of Europe before the modern age

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? INDICE: List of Illustrations - A Note on Naming - Prologue - Sociology ofLanguage: 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 -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23255-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés