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The golden mean of languages : forging Dutch and French in the early modern low countries (1540-1620) / Alisa van de Haar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haar, Alisa van de, author.
- Series:
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume 305.
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume 305
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dutch language--History--16th century.
- Dutch language.
- French language--Netherlands--History--16th century.
- French language.
- Languages in contact--Netherlands--History--16th century.
- Languages in contact.
- Multilingualism--Netherlands--History--16th century.
- Multilingualism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (439 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.
- Summary:
- "In The Golden Mean of Languages, Alisa van de Haar sheds new light on the debates regarding the form and status of the vernacular in the early modern Low Countries, where both Dutch and French were local tongues. The fascination with the history, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Dutch and French has been studied mainly from monolingual perspectives tracing the development towards modern Dutch or French. Van de Haar shows that the discussions on these languages were rooted in multilingual environments, in particular in French schools, Calvinist churches, printing houses, and chambers of rhetoric. The proposals that were formulated there to forge Dutch and French into useful forms were not directed solely at uniformization but were much more diverse".
- Contents:
- Introduction: fascinating multilingualism
- The multilingual low countries
- Trending topics in European language reflection
- French schools
- Calvinist churches
- Printing houses
- Chambers of rhetoric
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-40859-2
- OCLC:
- 1104907392
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004408593 DOI
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