Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521535861)

Peter Burke explores major themes in the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution. One theme is the relation between languages and communities and the place of language as a way of identifying others, as well as a symbol of one's own identity. A second, linked theme is that of competition: between Latin and the vernaculars, different vernaculars, dominant and subordinate, and different varieties of the same vernacular.

Author: Peter Burke
ISBN-10: 0521535867
ISBN-13: 9780521535861
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2004
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.42w x 0.57d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2005 pg. 1396