Gerald Newton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3842991 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Newton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Newton |
| SIGNATURE | NEWTON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Radio Luxembourg in Peace and War
The article traces the development of commercial broadcasting in the 1930s from Radio Luxembourg, the high‐power commercial station located in Luxembourg and supposedly biased towards French propaganda, depicting how both the Third Reich and the BBC treated it with hostility. When on 8 May 1940 Luxembourg, a neutral country since 1867, fell into the hands of Nazi Germany, the transmitter became part of the German Reichssender network, and remaine…
The history of Dutch at the University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield has been teaching Dutch since 1948. After starting modestly as an option for students taking a degree in German, the University is now recognised worldwide for its expertise in Dutch Studies thanks to the work of a number of academics who specialise in Dutch language, culture, history and landscape. In 2008, the University of Sheffield celebrated 60 years of teaching Dutch with a special event attended by Nick Clegg MP…
Deutsche Schrift
From 1464 to 1941 German printers had the choice of using Black Letter or roman‐face fonts. The preference generally was for Black Letter face when the text in question was intended for the German‐speaking market only, and roman‐face when the text was in Latin, French or other languages that preferred this face. However, these demarcations began to grow blurred towards the end of the eighteenth century, and during the nineteenth century the quest…
Luxembourg and Lëtzebuergesch. Language and Communication at the Crossroads of Europe
Luxembourg and Letzebuergesch
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg sits at the heart of the European Union, yet it forms a very private and close-knit community. The book addresses that apparent paradox, and shows how it is reflected in and sustained by the linguistic practices of the people who live there, both native and foreign. Letzebuergesch, the country's national language, is most closely related to the German dialects of the western Rhineland and the Moselle river valley, bu…
Germans in Sheffield 1817–1918
C. J. Wells and Histories of the German Language
Ick Snack Platt, Du Ok’
Recent books
Deutsche Schrift
From 1464 to 1941 German printers had the choice of using Black Letter or roman‐face fonts. The preference generally was for Black Letter face when the text in question was intended for the German‐speaking market only, and roman‐face when the text was in Latin, French or other languages that preferred this face. However, these demarcations began to grow blurred towards the end of the eighteenth century, and during the nineteenth century the quest…
Recent books
Ick Snack Platt, Du Ok’
C. J. Wells and Histories of the German Language
Germans in Sheffield 1817–1918
Luxembourg and Lëtzebuergesch. Language and Communication at the Crossroads of Europe
Luxembourg and Letzebuergesch
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg sits at the heart of the European Union, yet it forms a very private and close-knit community. The book addresses that apparent paradox, and shows how it is reflected in and sustained by the linguistic practices of the people who live there, both native and foreign. Letzebuergesch, the country's national language, is most closely related to the German dialects of the western Rhineland and the Moselle river valley, bu…
Deutsche Schrift
From 1464 to 1941 German printers had the choice of using Black Letter or roman‐face fonts. The preference generally was for Black Letter face when the text in question was intended for the German‐speaking market only, and roman‐face when the text was in Latin, French or other languages that preferred this face. However, these demarcations began to grow blurred towards the end of the eighteenth century, and during the nineteenth century the quest…
The history of Dutch at the University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield has been teaching Dutch since 1948. After starting modestly as an option for students taking a degree in German, the University is now recognised worldwide for its expertise in Dutch Studies thanks to the work of a number of academics who specialise in Dutch language, culture, history and landscape. In 2008, the University of Sheffield celebrated 60 years of teaching Dutch with a special event attended by Nick Clegg MP…
Radio Luxembourg in Peace and War
The article traces the development of commercial broadcasting in the 1930s from Radio Luxembourg, the high‐power commercial station located in Luxembourg and supposedly biased towards French propaganda, depicting how both the Third Reich and the BBC treated it with hostility. When on 8 May 1940 Luxembourg, a neutral country since 1867, fell into the hands of Nazi Germany, the transmitter became part of the German Reichssender network, and remaine…
German (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)