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This volume presents fourteen case studies of standardization processes in eleven different Germanic languages. Together, the contributions confront problematic issues in standardization which will be of interest to sociolinguists, as well as to historical linguists from all lan…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Which languages do English speakers want to learn? Answers from history -- 3 A sociocultural history of language learning: Why, who, where? -- 4 How lan…
