The Routledge Handbook of Eurolinguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Eurolinguistics provides a comprehensive survey of the typical features among European languages in cultural, geographical, or political definitions. Bringing together the latest research in the field, the handbook showcases European traditions of linguistic research on European languages.Featuring 30 chapters written by leading experts of European languages and linguistics, this book: illustrates the major theoretical and methodological developments and institutionalizations of the field presents typical features for the various linguistic levels of European languages (standard and non-standard)--formally and semantically analyzes aspects of writing, phonological aspects, grammatical aspects, lexical aspects, language use, and multimodal aspects, including contributions on body language and sign languages; and investigates typical commonalities with respect to various historical and current social issues with chapters on traditions of translation, multilingual settings in Europe, teaching foreign languages, and language policies The Routledge Handbook of Eurolinguistics is essential reading for those with an interest in European languages and linguistics, language contact and change, and language typology.