The golden mean of languages : forging Dutch and French in the early modern low countries (1540-1620) /
Haar, Alisa van de,
The golden mean of languages : forging Dutch and French in the early modern low countries (1540-1620) / Alisa van de Haar. - 1 online resource. - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume 305 Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, Supplement 2020, ISBN: 9789004414211 . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume 305. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, Supplement 2020, ISBN: 9789004414211. .
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: fascinating multilingualism -- The multilingual low countries -- Trending topics in European language reflection -- French schools -- Calvinist churches -- Printing houses -- Chambers of rhetoric -- Conclusions.
"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".
9789004408593
10.1163/9789004408593 DOI
Dutch language--History--16th century.
French language--History--Netherlands--16th century.
Languages in contact--History--Netherlands--16th century.
Multilingualism--History--Netherlands--16th century.
P115.5.N47 / H23 2019
306.44/609492
The golden mean of languages : forging Dutch and French in the early modern low countries (1540-1620) / Alisa van de Haar. - 1 online resource. - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume 305 Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, Supplement 2020, ISBN: 9789004414211 . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume 305. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, Supplement 2020, ISBN: 9789004414211. .
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: fascinating multilingualism -- The multilingual low countries -- Trending topics in European language reflection -- French schools -- Calvinist churches -- Printing houses -- Chambers of rhetoric -- Conclusions.
"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".
9789004408593
10.1163/9789004408593 DOI
Dutch language--History--16th century.
French language--History--Netherlands--16th century.
Languages in contact--History--Netherlands--16th century.
Multilingualism--History--Netherlands--16th century.
P115.5.N47 / H23 2019
306.44/609492