Languages and communities in early modern Europe /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burke, Peter, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Wiles lectures.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 'Speak, that I may see thee': the discovery of language in early modern Europe
  • Latin: a language in search of a community
  • Vernaculars in competition
  • Standardizing languages
  • Mixing languages
  • Purifying languages.