The Multilingualism of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)

Joby, Christopher

doi:10.1515/9789048524099

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“…A word is in order about the relationship between French and the other principal emigrant language in Norwich, Dutch. In the Dutch Republic, French was an H-language, used at court, by diplomats and in learned correspondence (Joby, 2014a: 38). In London, the leaders of the French and Dutch churches typically communicated with each other in French rather than Dutch.…”

Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such a practice could seem affected and was the object of derision. The Dutch poet Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) mocked the young people in The Hague who peppered their Dutch with French (Joby, 2014a: 265). We find something similar in the epigrams published in 1655 of the Norwich Dutch Stranger, Jan Cruso (1592– fl.…”

Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…122r.). A Latin title enhanced the official status of a text in the vernacular (Joby, 2014a: 224). In November 1584 Weynoet concludes an entry in French with the Latin words: Actum die, mense, et anno ut supra (‘Made on the day, month and year given above’) (fol.…”

Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In antiquity, Latin writers such as Cicero would use Greek terms in order to evoke the Greek world (cf. Joby, 2014a: 243).…”

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French in early modern Norwich

Joby

2016

French Language Studies

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Much has been written about the use of French in medieval England. However, with one or two exceptions, relatively little has been written about the language in early modern England. This article aims to provide an account of the use of French as an emigrant language in one of the leading provincial cities in early modern England, Norwich. From 1565 onwards thousands of people from the French-language area migrated to England as a result of economic necessity and religious persecution. Many of them settled in Norwich. As well as these immigrants and their descendants, there were Dutch immigrants in Norwich who spoke French as well as several well-educated individuals from the local English population such as Sir Thomas Browne. This article describes the varieties of French used in Norwich, including Picard, the emerging standard French and Law French. It then discusses how French operated in the multilingual environment of early modern Norwich under the headings of language competition, language contact, bilingualism, code switching, translation, and finally, language shift and recession. It adds not only to our understanding of French in early modern England but also to the literature on French as an emigrant language.

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Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

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Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In antiquity, Latin writers such as Cicero would use Greek terms in order to evoke the Greek world (cf. Joby, 2014a: 243).…”

Section: French and Other Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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