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SUMMARY:Challenging monolingual histories: Multilingual evidence from the 
 Dutch-German borderlands in the long nineteenth century - Dr Andreas Krogu
 ll\, MEITS Postdoctoral Research Associate
DTSTART:20190502T120000Z
DTEND:20190502T133000Z
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CONTACT:Anne Helene Halbout
DESCRIPTION:Traditionally\, European language histories (e.g. of German\, 
 Dutch and English) have been portrayed as being first and foremost monolin
 gual. This strong focus has become particularly evident in the period from
  c. 1800 onwards\, when the dominant ideology of ‘one language–one nat
 ion’ suppressed any form of linguistic diversity\, such as dialects\, re
 gional or minority languages\, for the benefit of a homogeneous national o
 r standard language. Against the background of politically segregated nati
 on-states\, borderlands have often been ‘invisibilised’ in language hi
 storiography\, leading to the exclusion of contact phenomena and multiling
 ual practices.\n\nThis presentation takes a historical-sociolinguistic per
 spective ‘from below’\, exploring archival sources from the Dutch-Germ
 an borderlands and their potential to challenge the monolingual bias. Zoom
 ing in on a collection of letters written by so-called hannekemaaiers\, i.
 e. (Low) German seasonal labourers who crossed the border to the Netherlan
 ds every year to work as haymakers or grass-mowers\, I will outline the sp
 ecific contact setting of labour migration in the long nineteenth century.
  Furthermore\, it will be discussed how the remarkable linguistic practice
 s found in these handwritten ego-documents can contribute to a wider under
 standing of post-1800 language history beyond monolingualism and standard 
 language ideology.
LOCATION:Room GR06/07\, Faculty of English\, University of Cambridge\, 9 W
 est Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DP
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