Aspects of multilingualism in European language history (J. Benjamins Pub., 2003)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Aspects of Multilingualism in European Language History; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction; Oceano vox: You never know where a ship comes from; Language contact and bilingualism in Flensburg in the middle of the 19th century; Written and spoken languages in Bergen in the Hansa era; Vyborg; Dialect and language contacts on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 15th century until 1939; Swedish and Swedish; Did Latin influence German word order?; From unity to diversity in Romance syntax
This volume gives an up-to-date account of various situations of language contact and multilingualism in Europe especially from a historical point of view. Its ten contributions present newly collected data from different parts of the continent seen through diverse theoretical perspectives. They show a richness of topics and data that not only reveal numerous historical and sociological facts but also afford considerable insight into possible effects multilingualism and language contact might have on language change. The collection begins its journey through Europe in the British Isles. Then i