For to speke Frenche trewely [[electronic resource] ] : the French language in England, 1000-1600 : its status, description and instruction / / Douglas A. Kibbee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458056703321
• Autore: Kibbee Douglas A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991
• ISBN: 1-283-31336-7; 9786613313362; 90-272-7771-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 60
• Disciplina: 448/.0071/042
• Soggetti: French language - England - History; French philology - Study and teaching - England - History - To 1500; French philology - Study and teaching - England - History - 16th century; French language - Study and teaching - English speakers - History; Normans - Great Britain - Language; Education - England - History - 16th century; Language policy - Great Britain - History; Education, Medieval - England; Anglo-Norman dialect; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references ([p. 221-244) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: FOR TO SPEKE FRENCHE TREWELY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 PERIOD I: IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONQUEST(1000-1152); CHAPTER 3 PERIOD II: FROM THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY II (1152) TO THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (OCTOBER 17,1258); CHAPTER 4 PERIOD III: FROM THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (1258) TO THE PARLIAMENTARY STATUTE THAT ALL GOVERNMENTAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH ; (1362); CHAPTER 5 PERIOD IV FROM THE STATUTE OF 1362 TO THE AGE OF PRINTING; CHAPTER 6 THE AGE OF PRINTING, HUMANISM AND REFORMATIONCHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX I: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GRAMMARIANS; APPENDIX II: SELECTED INTRODUCTIONS AND DEDICATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The first grammatical descriptions of the French language were produced in England, several centuries before the first grammar written in French (but also several centuries after the Norman Conquest). This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of Normandy to thelred (1004) to the fixing of a (relatively) standard pedagogical scheme for the teaching of French of English speakers (ca. 1600). During this period French passed from a native language to a second language, became the official language of the legal profession, and ultimately fell ba