14 European signed languages – towards a typological snapshot

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of contents V
3. List of contributors XI
4. Introduction XV
5. I. Typology of European languages
6. 1 The Baltic languages 3
7. 2 The Celtic languages 31
8. 3 The Germanic languages 47
9. 4 The Romance languages 69
10. 5 Slavonic languages 97
11. 6 The Caucasian languages 125
12. 7 The Turkic languages of Europe 159
13. 8 The Uralic languages 179
14. 9 Albanian 199
15. 10 Basque 209
16. 11 Greek 223
17. 12 Maltese 241
18. 13 Romani 257
19. 14 European signed languages – towards a typological snapshot 269
20. II. Areal typology and language contact
21. II.1. Areal typology
22. 15 Standard Average European 291
23. 16 Balkan Sprachbund features 307
24. 17 The Circum-Baltic languages 325
25. 18 Mediterranean languages 341
26. II.2. Language contact
27. 19 Language contact in the North of Europe 359
28. 20 Language contact in the East and Northeast of Europe 381
29. 21 Language contact in Southwestern Europe 393
30. 22 Language contact in South-Eastern Europe 409
31. 23 Language contact of minority languages in Central and Southern Europe: a comparative approach 429
32. II.3. Minority languages
33. 24 The old minority languages of Europe 455
34. 25 The immigrant minority languages of Europe 467
35. II.4. Non-standard varieties
36. 26 Dialect vs. standard: a typology of scenarios in Europe 485
37. 27 Border effects in European dialect continua: dialect divergence and convergence 501
38. 28 Non-standard varieties in the areal typology of Europe 525
39. III. Language politics and language policies in Europe
40. 29 Minorities, language politics and language planning in Europe 547
41. 30 Language policies at the Germanic-Romance language border: the case of Belgium, Luxembourg and Lorraine 561
42. 31 Feminist language politics in Europe 575
43. 32 English as a threat to other European languages and European multilingualism? 591
44. 33 English in intranational public discourse 605
45. 34 Language in political institutions of multilingual states and the European Union 621
46. 35 Language and the church: European perspectives 639
47. 36 Language and the school: European perspectives 655
48. IV. History of European languages
49. 37 The prehistory of European languages 671
50. 38 The impact of migrations on the linguistic landscape of Europe 683
51. 39 The Renaissance and its impact on the languages of Europe 697
52. 40 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: the Habsburg Monarchy 713
53. 41 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: the Ottoman Empire 729
54. 42 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union 745
55. 43 Multilingual states and empires in the history of Europe: Yugoslavia 761
56. 44 Language and nation building in Europe 775
57. V. Research traditions in Europe
58. 45 Research traditions up to and including the 18th century 791
59. 46 19th century linguistics: practice and theory 805
60. 47 European Structuralism 821
61. 48 European functionalism 845
62. 49 Generative grammar in Europe: some historical impressions 867
63. Index of languages and varieties 887
64. Index of names 895
65. Index of subjects 908