METALINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON GERMANIC LANGUAGES by Gijsbert Rutten (Editor), Kristine Horner (Editor) ( 9783034318532 )

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Title:

METALINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON GERMANIC LANGUAGES
EUROPEAN CASE STUDIES FROM PAST TO PRESENT

By:

Gijsbert Rutten (Editor), Kristine Horner (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

3034318537

ISBN 13:

9783034318532

Publisher:

PETER LANG AG, INTERNATIONALER VERLAG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN

Pub. date:

30 September, 2016

Series:

Historical Sociolinguistics 4

Pages:

296

Description:

In what ways has language been central to constructing, challenging and reconfiguring social and political boundaries? This volume focuses on how language functions as a marker of identity, drawing on case studies across Europe.

Synopsis:

In what ways has language been central to constructing, challenging and reconfiguring social and political boundaries? This volume traverses space and time to explore the construction of such boundaries. Focusing on the ways that language functions as an inclusive and divisive marker of identity, the volume includes case studies on Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It also explores the northern and southern borderlands of present-day Germany as well as the city of Cologne and the surrounding Ruhr area. The chapters critically engage with focused accounts of past and present language situations, practices and policies. Taken as a whole, the volume stresses the importance of studying metalinguistic perspectives as a means of enabling detailed analyses and challenging generalizations.

Illustrations:

5 Illustrations, unspecified

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Returns:

Returnable

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