Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History
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This volume explores the roots of Europe''s struggle with multilingualism. It argues that, over the centuries, the pursuit of linguistic homogeneity has become a central aspect of the mindset of Europeans. In its extreme form, it became manifest in the principle of ''one language, one state, one people''. Consequently, multilingualism came to be viewed as an undesirable aberration. The authors of ...
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This volume explores the roots of Europe''s struggle with multilingualism. It argues that, over the centuries, the pursuit of linguistic homogeneity has become a central aspect of the mindset of Europeans. In its extreme form, it became manifest in the principle of ''one language, one state, one people''. Consequently, multilingualism came to be viewed as an undesirable aberration. The authors of ...
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