The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide (The World of Linguistics [WOL], 1)

[Open publication](http://issuu.com/degruyter/docs/extract_wol_vol-1?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true)>__The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide__is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterranean convergence areas. Separate chapters deal with the old and new minority languages and with non-standard varieties. A major focus is language politics and policies, including discussions of the special status of English, the relation between language and the church, language and the school, and standardization. The history of European linguistics is another focus as is the history of multilingual European 'empires' and their dissolution. The volume is especially geared towards a graduate and advanced undergraduate readership. It has been designed such that it can be used, as a whole or in parts, as a textbook, the first of its kind, for graduate programmes with a focus on the linguistic (and linguistics) landscape of Europe. * an up-to-date reference work for many issues in the languages and linguistics of Europe * of particular value are the numerous chapters that take up specific issues such as "language and the school", "language and the church", discussing it on a Europe-wide level * the "continent-focus" makes this a unique publication, in line with the other continent-focused volumes of the series List of contributors 11 Introduction 15 I. Typology of European languages 19 1 The Baltic languages 21 2 The Celtic languages 49 3 The Germanic languages 65 4 The Romance languages 87 5 Slavonic languages 115 6 The Caucasian languages 143 7 The Turkic languages of Europe 177 8 The Uralic languages 197 9 Albanian 217 10 Basque 227 11 Greek 241 12 Maltese 259 13 Romani 275 14 European signed languages – towards a typological snapshot 287 II. Areal typology and language contact 307 II.1. Areal typology 307 15 Standard Average European 309 16 Balkan Sprachbund feature 325 17 The Circum-Baltic languages 343 18 Mediterranean languages 359 II.2. Language contact 375 19 Language contact in the North of Europe 377 20 Language contact in the East and Northeast of Europe 399 21 Language contact in Southwestern Europe 411 22 Language contact in South-Eastern Europe 427 23 Language contact of minority languages in Central and Southern Europe: a comparative approach 447 II.3. Minority languages 471 24 The old minority languages of Europe 473 25 The immigrant minority languages of Europe 485 II.4. Non-standard varieties 501 26 Dialect vs. standard: a typology of scenarios in Europe 503 27 Border effects in European dialect continua: dialect divergence and convergence 519 28 Non-standard varieties in the areal typology of Europe 543 III. Language politics and language policies in Europe 563 29 Minorities, language politics and language planning in Europe 565 30 Language policies at the Germanic-Romance language border: the case of Belgium, Luxembourg and Lorraine 579 31 Feminist language politics in Europe 593 32 English as a threat to other European languages and European multilingualism? 609 33 English in intranational public discourse 623 34 Language in political institutions of multilingual states and the European Union 639 35 Language and the church: European perspectives 657 36 Language and the school: European perspectives 673 IV. History of European languages 687 37 The prehistory of European languages 689 38 The impact of migrations on the linguistic landscape of Europe 701 39 The Renaissance and its impact on the languages of Europe 715 40 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: the Habsburg Monarchy 731 41 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: the Ottoman Empire 747 42 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union 763 43 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: Yugoslavia 779 44 Language and nation building in Europe 793 V. Research traditions in Europe 807 45 Research traditions up to and including the 18th century 809 46 19th century linguistics: practice and theory 823 47 European Structuralism 839 48 European functionalism 863 49 Generative grammar in Europe: some historical impressions 885 Index of languages and varieties 905 Index of names 913 Index of subjects 926 Open publication>

The Languages and Linguistics ofEurope: A Comprehensive Guideis part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterranean convergence areas. Separate chapters deal with the old and new minority languages and with non-standard varieties. A major focus is language politics and policies, including discussions of the special status of English, the relation between language and the church, language and the school, and standardization. The history of European linguistics is another focus as is the history of multilingual European 'empires' and their dissolution. The volume is especially geared towards a graduate and advanced undergraduatereadership. It has been designed such that it can be used, as a whole or in parts, as a textbook, the first of its kind, for graduate programmes with a focus on the linguistic (and linguistics) landscape of Europe.

(http://issuu.com/degruyter/docs/extract_wol_vol-1?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true) Open publication > The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterranean convergence areas. Separate chapters deal with the old and new minority languages and with non-standard varieties. A major focus is language politics and policies, including discussions of the special status of English, the relation between language and the church, language and the school, and standardization. The history of European linguistics is another focus as is the history of multilingual European 'empires' and their dissolution. The volume is especially geared towards a graduate and advanced undergraduate readership. It has been designed such that it can be used, as a whole or in parts, as a textbook, the first of its kind, for graduate programmes with a focus on the linguistic (and linguistics) landscape of Europe. an up-to-date reference work for many issues in the languages and linguistics of Europe of particular value are the numerous chapters that take up specific issues such as "language and the school", "language and the church", discussing it on a Europe-wide level the "continent-focus" makes this a unique publication, in line with the other continent-focused volumes of the series The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterranean convergence areas. Separate chapters deal with the old and new minority languages and with non-standard varieties. A major focus is language politics and policies, including discussions of the special status of English, the relation between language and the church, language and the school, and standardization. The history of European linguistics is another focus as is the history of multilingual European "empires" and their dissolution. The volume is especially geared towards a graduate and advanced undergraduatereadership. It has been designed such that it can be used, as a whole or in parts, as a textbook, the first of its kind, for graduate programmes with a focus on the linguistic (and linguistics) landscape of Europe. Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiburg, Germany; Johan van der Auwera, University of Antwerp, Belgium "The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterranean convergence areas. Separate chapters deal with the old and new minority languages and with non-standard varieties. A major focus is language politics and policies, including discussions of the special status of English, the relation between language and the church, language and the school, and standardization. The history of European linguistics is another focus as is the history of multilingual European 'empires' and their dissolution. The volume is especially geared towards a graduate and advanced undergraduatereadership. It has been designed such that it can be used, as a whole or in parts, as a textbook, the first of its kind, for graduate programmes with a focus on the linguistic (and linguistics) landscape of Europe"--Provided by publisher Edited By Bernd Kortmann, Johan Van Der Auwera. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.