Language and the Grand Tour: Linguistic Experiences of Travelling in Early Modern Europe

Arturo Tosi

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Language and the Grand Tour

Linguistic Experiences of Travelling in Early Modern Europe

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Arturo Tosi, Royal Holloway, University of London

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: March 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781108766364
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108766364

Subjects:: Area Studies, Sociolinguistics, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Language and Linguistics

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The Grand Tour was the classical continental trip to France and Italy, undertaken by young aristocratic men in early modern Europe, ostensibly for educational purposes. Using amusing stories and vivid quotations collected from travellers' writings, Arturo Tosi charts the rise of modern vernaculars and the standardisation of European languages. The travellers' writings provide a valuable source of information about language contact, and illuminate how socialisation with the locals led, on the one hand, to conscious borrowings from prestigious foreign peers and, on the other, to linguistic disorientation when confronted with lower-class speech and rural vernaculars. The first of its kind to approach the Grand Tour from a linguistic perspective, this book is a timely addition to this burgeoning area of study, presenting a unique case study of population movement, language change and education in early modern Europe.

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Language and the Grand Tour
pp i-ii

Language and the Grand Tour - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-v

Dedication
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Figures
pp viii-x

Preface
pp xi-xi

Acknowledgements
pp xii-xii

Chronology
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-22

Part I - Attitudes and Aptitudes
pp 23-104

1 - Images and Stereotypes
pp 25-53

2 - Attractions, Affectations, Aberrations
pp 54-79

3 - Linguistic Training at Home
pp 80-104

Part II - Encounters and Exchanges
pp 105-188

4 - Language Acquisition and Learning Abroad
pp 107-137

5 - Aids, Strategies and Facilitators
pp 138-167

6 - Latin and Other Lingua Francas
pp 168-188

Part III - Contrasts and Collisions
pp 189-267

7 - Perceptions of Linguistic Diversity
pp 191-213

8 - Instances of Language Contact
pp 214-239

9 - Women Travellers and Gender Issues
pp 240-259

10 - Conclusion
pp 260-267

References
pp 268-282

Index of Names
pp 283-291

Subject Index
pp 292-306

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