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This volume presents fourteen case studies of standardization processes in eleven different Germanic languages. Together, the contributions confront problematic issues in standardization which will be of interest to sociolinguists, as well as to historical linguists from all language disciplines. The papers cover a historical range from the Middle Ages to the present and a geographical range from South Africa to Iceland, but all fall into one of the following categories: 1) shaping and diffusing a standard language; 2) the relationship between standard and identity; 3) non-standardization, de-standardization and re-standardization.

Germanic languages --- Teutonic languages --- Indo-European languages --- Standardization --- Langues germaniques --- Normalisation --- Sociolinguistics --- LANGUES GERMANIQUES --- ALLEMAND (LANGUE) --- ANGLAIS (LANGUE) --- NEERLANDAIS (LANGUE) --- NORMALISATION --- Anglais (langue)

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This volume contains papers on linguistic historiography ranging chronologically from ancient Greece to the present, and covering philosophical, social and political aspects of language as well as the study of grammar in the narrow sense. The work opens with the report on a round-table discussion of problems in translating ancient grammatical texts. The remainder of the volume is arranged in chronological sections, with contributions as follows. II. Classical and Medieval; III. Seventeenth Century; IV. Eighteenth Century; V. Nineteenth Century; VI. Twentieth Century.

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Historical linguistics --- Historical linguistics --- Civilization, Medieval --- Historiography

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The status of English in Europe is changing, and this book offers a series of studies of attitudes to English today. Until recently English was often seen as an opportunity for Europeans to take part in the global market, but increasingly English is viewed as a threat to the national languages of Europe, and the idea that Europeans are equally at home in English is being challenged. This book will appeal to anyone interested in global English.

English language -- Europe. --- English language -- Social aspects -- Europe. --- English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. --- Sociolinguistics -- Europe. --- English language --- Sociolinguistics --- Psycholinguistics --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Language --- Language, Psychology of --- Language and languages --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Social aspects --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers --- Globalization --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- E-books --- Foreign speakers. --- Globalization. --- Linguistics --- Thought and thinking --- EFL (Language study) --- English as a foreign language --- English as a second language --- English to speakers of other languages --- ESL (Language study) --- ESOL (Language study) --- Teaching English as a second language --- TEFL (Language study) --- TESL (Language study) --- Germanic languages --- Foreign students --- English language -- Europe --- English language -- Social aspects -- Europe --- English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers --- Sociolinguistics -- Europe --- Language and culture --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- English in Europe. --- Language Policy. --- Sociolinguistics.