European Francophonie: The Social, Political and Cultural History of an International Prestige Language (Historical Sociolinguistics)

This Volume Examines The Use Of French In European Language Communities Outside France From The Middle Ages To The Twentieth Century. The Phenomenon Of French Language Usage Is Explored In A Wide Variety Of Communities, Namely Bohemian, Dutch, Medieval English, German (prussian), Italian, Piedmontese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish And Turkish. Each Chapter Offers Unique Insight Into The Existence Of Francophonie In A Given Language Community By Providing Illustrations Of Language Usage And Detailed Descriptions Of Various Aspects Of It. The Volume As A Whole Explores Such Sociolinguistic Matters As Bilingualism And Multilingualism, The Use Of French As A Lingua Franca And Prestige Language, Language Choice And Code-switching, Variations In Language Usage Depending On Class Or Gender, Language Attitudes And Language Education. The Sociohistorical And Sociocultural Matters Considered Include The Association Of A Variety Of Language With The Court, Nobility Or Some Other Social Group; The Function Of French As A Vehicle For The Transmission Of Foreign Cultures; And The Role Of Language In The Formation Of Identity Of Various Kinds (national, Social And Personal). - From Publisher's Website. Vladislav Rjéoutski, Gesine Argent And Derek Offord (eds). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Contents 7 Preface 9 Gesine Argent, Vladislav Rjéoutski and Derek Offord 1 European Francophonie and a Framework for Its Study 11 Peter Burke 2 Diglossia in Early Modern Europe 43 Marianne Ailes and Ad Putter 3 The French of Medieval England 61 Alda Rossebastiano 4 Knowledge of French in Piedmont 91 Nadia Minerva 5 The Two Latin Sisters: Representations of the French and the French Language in Italy 123 Madeleine Van Strien-Chardonneau 6 The Use of French among the Dutch Elites in Eighteenth-Century Holland 155 Manuela Böhm 7 The Domains of Francophonie and Language Ideology in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Prussia 185 Ivo Cerman 8 Aristocratic Francophone Literature in Bohemia 219 Amelia Sanz-Cabrerizo, Begoña Regueiro-Salgado, Luis Pablo-Núñez and Silviano Carrasco 9 Francophonies in Spain 249 Margareta Östman 10 French in Sweden in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 283 Maciej Serwański and Katarzyna Napierała 11 The Presence of Francophonie in Poland from the Sixteenth Century to the Eighteenth 317 Ileana Mihaila 12 The Beginnings and the Golden Age of Francophonie among the Romanians 347 Derek Offord 13 Francophonie in Imperial Russia 381 Laurent Mignon 14 French in Ottoman Turkey: ‘The Language of the Afflicted Peoples’? 415 Gesine Argent, Derek Offord and Vladislav Rjéoutski 15 Conclusion 445 Notes on Contributors 461 Index 467