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Multilingualism in the Middle Ages and Early Modern age : communication and miscommunication in the premodern world /

Bi- and multilingualism are of great interest for contemporary linguists since this phenomenon deeply reflects on language acquisition, language use, and sociolinguistic conditions in many different circumstances all over the world. Multilingualism was, however, certainly rather common already, if n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Classen, Albrecht (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]
Series:Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents ; Multilingualism in the Middle Ages. Theoretical and Historical Reflections. An Introduction ; "Victor Victus" ; The Impact of Bilingualism and Diglossia in Cantabria (Spain) during Late Antiquity.
  • At the Crossroads of Languages. The Linguistics Choices along Border Communities of the Reconquista in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Vernacular Bilingualism in Professional Spaces, 1200 to 1400 ; A Kingdom of Many Languages. Linguistic Pluralism in Medieval Hungary.
  • Multilingualism and Power in the Latin East Apothecary's Art as a Contact Zone in Late Medieval Southern France ; Xenoglossia and Multilingualism in Middle English Sermons on Pentecost.