Gallagher, John
Learning Languages in Early Modern England
- ISBN 13:
- 9780192865151
- author:
- Gallagher, John
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 23.2 x 15.4 x 1.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Study & Teaching, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
English was a language with limited use outside England in the early modern period. As a result, English speakers who wanted to travel and trade abroad had to learn continental vernacular languages. This book explores how English-speakers learned these languages between 1480 and 1720, using printed and manuscript sources such as conversation manuals and travellers' diaries. John Gallagher examines language lessons in early modern England, offering a new perspective on the country's 'educational revolution'. He looks at the whole corpus of conversation manuals written for English language-learners to pose arguments about reading, orality, and language. This study reconstructs the practices of language-learning and multilingual communication that underlay early modern travel. Learning Languages in Early Modern England sheds new light on a crucial set of practices that shaped England's encounter with the wider world and its linguistic and cultural identities.
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