Multilingual Practices in Language History | English and Beyond

Päivi Pahta (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1501513818 / ISBN 13: 9781501513817

Published by De Gruyter, 2017

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Multilingual Practices in Language History | English and Beyond | Päivi Pahta (u. a.) | Buch | VIII | Englisch | 2017 | De Gruyter | EAN 9781501513817 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multilingual Practices in Language History | English and Beyond
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501513818
• ISBN 13: 9781501513817
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 160H x 26D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 705 grams
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Synopsis

Texts of the past were often not monolingual but were produced by and for people with bi- or multilingual repertoires; the communicative practices witnessed in them therefore reflect ongoing and earlier language contact situations. However, textbooks and earlier research tend to display a monolingual bias. This collected volume on multilingual practices in historical materials, including code-switching, highlights the importance of a multilingual approach. The authors explore multilingualism in hitherto neglected genres, periods and areas, introduce new methods of locating and analysing multiple languages in various sources, and review terminology, theories and tools. The studies also revisit some of the issues already introduced in previous research, such as Latin interacting with European vernaculars and the complex relationship between code-switching and lexical borrowing. Collectively, the contributors show that multilingual practices share many of the same features regardless of time and place, and that one way or the other, all historical texts are multilingual. This book takes the next step in historical multilingualism studies by establishing the relevance of the multilingual approach to understanding language history.

About the Author

Päivi Pahta, University of Tampere, Finland; Janne Skaffari, University of Turku, Finland; Laura Wright, University of Cambridge, UK