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Linguistic construction of ethnic borders
This volume focuses on the linguistic constructs involved in ethnic borders. Ethnic borders have proven themselves to be surprisingly long-lived: in nearly all European countries and beyond, border demarcation, exclusion of foreigners, and minority conflicts are some of the most persistent challenges for nations and societies. Which linguistic factors play a role in the formation of these borde…
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- 9783653982565
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- 264p. : ill. ; 22 cm
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- 306.44089 LIN l
Letters as loot : a sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-c…
The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which comprises letters from the lower, middle and upper …
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- 9789027269577
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- xiii, 426p. : ill.
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- 306.44 RUT l
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