Authority and identity [electronic resource] : a sociolinguistic history of Europe before the modern age / by Robert McColl Millar.

Language use is a principal means by which we distinguish ourselves and our group from others. In the modern age, language use often divides ethnic groups and nations: Germans are Germans because they speak German; French citizens must accept that Standard French is a central part of their national...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Millar, Robert McColl, 1966-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:	Sociolinguistics > Europe. Historical linguistics > Europe. Europe > Languages. Historical linguistics. Language and languages. Sociolinguistics. Europe. History.