A Plurilingual Family in the Sixteenth Century: Language Use and Linguistic Consciousness in the Salis Family Correspondence, 1580-1610

The family correspondence of the Salis family in eastern Switzerland reveals complex patterns of language usage. Letters by family members during the late sixteenth century used their native Romansh as well as Latin, German, Italian, and French. Sons used Latin to write their father, whereas he felt...

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Main Author: Head, Randolph C. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 1995
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1995, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 577-593
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