The Changing Voices of Europe: Social and Political Changes and their Linguistic Repercussions, Past, Present, and Future. Papers in Honour of Professor Glanville Price
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Changing Voices of Europe: Social and Political Changes and their Linguistic Repercussions, Past, Present, and Future. Papers in Honour of Professor Glanville Price
By (Author) Mair M. Parry
Edited by Winifred V. Davies
Edited by Rosalind A. M. Temple
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
18th January 1995
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
306.44094
Physical Properties
Hardback
353
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
This is a collection of articles that examine sociolinguistic issues in many of the countries of Western Europe. Lanugages do not exist in a vacuum but are affected by the social and political changes that affect their speakers. Such changes can lead to modifications both in the structure of a given language and in how much or how little it is used by the community. The volume deals with the linguistic repercussions of social and political change in Western Europe in a series of articles, by specialists in each area, that range from general surveys to detailed studies of one linguistic variety in a particular historical context. Although the main focus is on the present and on the prospects for the future within a more closely-integrated Europe, the volume also contains several contributions that illustrate the far-reaching effects of social and political developments in language use and structure in past centuries.
Reviews
"The Changing Voices of Europe provides much food for thought and serves as a stimulating contribution to the field of language identity. It will appeal not only to linguists, but also to a variety of scholars working in European politics, the social sciences and multidisciplinary subjects such as European studies." -THES
-- "THES"Author Bio
Mair Parry is a Professor and senior research fellow in Italian at the University of Bristol. Her main research focus is on the syntax of dialects in both early and modern periods and has published on Italian sociolinguistics. Dr Winifred Davies is Head of Department for Modern Languages at the University of Aberystwyth with research interests in German sociolinguistics. Dr Rosalind Temple is a lecturer in French linguistics at the University of Oxford. Her research interests focus upon phonetics and variationist linguistics in English, French and Welsh.
