This is a history of Europe unlike any other: a theory-informed history of its language use. The 'rise' and 'fall' of languages are recounted, along with an analysis of why periods of linguistic diversity are followed by hegemony. How did the sociolinguistic past differ from the sociolinguistic present?

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University of Aberdeen, UK

Robert McColl Millar

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ROBERT McCOLL MILLAR is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His books include Language, Nation and Power and Northern and Insular Scots.

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Book Title: Authority and Identity
Book Subtitle: A Sociolinguistic History of Europe before the Modern Age
Authors: Robert McColl Millar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230282032
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23255-6Published: 21 July 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31289-4Published: 21 July 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28203-2Published: 21 July 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 247
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, European History, Comparative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language and Literature, History of Medieval Europe

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