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A Sociolinguistic History of Europe before the Modern Age

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Robert McColl Millar

    1. University of Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Prologue

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    Pages 1-9

  3. Sociology of Language: An Introduction

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    Pages 10-18

  4. Linguistic Prehistory

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    Pages 19-40

  5. The First European Literacies

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    Pages 41-67

  6. The First Hegemonies

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    Pages 68-98

  7. Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces. Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period

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    Pages 99-142

  8. Competing Hegemonies: The High Middle Ages

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    Pages 143-178

  9. The Birth of the Modern?: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

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    Pages 179-197

  10. Conclusions

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    Pages 198-209

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 210-247
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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?

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Aberdeen, UK

    Robert McColl Millar

About the author

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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