Language Choice in Enlightenment Europe

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Abstract

This multinational collection of essays challenges the traditional image of a monolingual Ancient Regime in Enlightenment Europe, both East and West. Its archival research explores the important role played by selective language use in social life and in the educational provisions in the early constitution of modern society. A broad range of case studies show how language was viewed and used symbolically by social groups - ranging from the nobility to the peasantry - to develop, express, and mark their identities.

Authors 4

1. Vladislav Rjéoutski
2. Madeleine van Strien-Chardonneau

   University of Verona

   Affiliation as printed

   Università di Verona

3. Willem Frijhoff Aachen Centre for the Arts in Society

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University, Centre for the Arts in Society

4. Olga V. Khavanova

   Russian Academy of Sciences · Institute of Slavic Studies

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow