The languages and linguistics of Europe : a comprehensive guide /

Open publication The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses t...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Auwera, Johan van der (Editor); Kortmann, Bernd (Editor)
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin ;Boston :
Publication Dates: [2011]
©2011
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The world of linguistics ; 1
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110220261
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Summary: Open publication The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterrane
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (929pages): Num. figs., tabs. and maps.
ISBN: 9783110220261
Index Number: P380
CLC: H004.5
Contents: Frontmatter --
Table of contents --
List of contributors --
Introduction --
I. Typology of European languages --
1 The Baltic languages --
2 The Celtic languages --
3 The Germanic languages --
4 The Romance languages --
5 Slavonic languages --
6 The Caucasian languages --
7 The Turkic languages of Europe --
8 The Uralic languages --
9 Albanian --
10 Basque --
11 Greek --
12 Maltese --
13 Romani --
14 European signed languages towards a typological snapshot --
II. Areal typology and language contact --
II.1. Areal typology --
15 Standard Average European --
16 Balkan Sprachbund features --
17 The Circum-Baltic languages --
18 Mediterranean languages --
II.2. Language contact --
19 Language contact in the North of Europe --
20 Language contact in the East and Northeast of Europe --
21 Language contact in Southwestern Europe --
22 Language contact in South-Eastern Europe --
23 Language contact of minority languages in Central and Southern Europe: a comparative approach --
II.3. Minority languages --
24 The old minority languages of Europe --
25 The immigrant minority languages of Europe --
II.4. Non-standard varieties --
26 Dialect vs. standard: a typology of scenarios in Europe --
27 Border effects in European dialect continua: dialect divergence and convergence --
28 Non-standard varieties in the areal typology of Europe --
III. Language politics and language policies in Europe --
29 Minorities, language politics and language planning in Europe --
30 Language policies at the Germanic-Romance language border: the case of Belgium, Luxembourg and Lorraine --
31 Feminist language politics in Europe --
32 English as a threat to other European languages and European multilingualism? --
33 English in intranational public discourse --
34 Language in political institutions of multilingual states and the European Union --
35 Language and the church: European perspectives --
36 Language and the school: European perspectives --
IV. History of European languages --
37 The prehistory of European languages --
38 The impact of migrations on the linguistic landscape of Europe --
39 The Renaissance and its impact on the languages of Europe --
40 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: the Habsburg Monarchy --
41 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: the Ottoman Empire --
42 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union --
43 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: Yugoslavia --
44 Language and nation building in Europe --
V. Research traditions in Europe --
45 Research traditions up to and including the 18th century --
46 19th century linguistics: practice and theory --
47 European Structuralism --
48 European functionalism --
49 Generative grammar in Europe: some historical impressions --
Index of languages and varieties --
Index of names --
Index of subjects