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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467342003321

Titolo

Middle English / / edited by Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-052296-9

3-11-052532-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Mouton Reader

Disciplina

427.02

Soggetti

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Middle English: Overview -- Chapter 3: Phonology -- Chapter 4: Morphology -- Chapter 5: Syntax -- Chapter 6: Semantics and Lexicon -- Chapter 7: Pragmatics and Discourse -- Chapter 8: Dialects -- Chapter 9: Language Contact: Multilingualism -- Chapter 10: Language Contact: French -- Chapter 11: Standardization -- Chapter 12: Middle English Creolization -- Chapter 13: Sociolinguistics -- Chapter 14: Literary Language -- Chapter 15: The Language of Chaucer -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The volume provides a wide-ranging account of Middle English, organized by linguistic level. Not only are the traditional areas of linguistic study explored in state-of-the-art chapters, but the volume also covers less traditional areas of study, including creolization, sociolinguistics, literary language (including the language of Chaucer), pragmatics and discourse, dialectology, standardization, language contact, and multilingualism.

This volume provides a wide-ranging account of Middle English, organized by linguistic level. Not only are the traditional areas of



linguistic study explored in state-of-the-art chapters on Middle English phonology morphology, syntax, and semantics written by experts in the field, but the volume also covers less traditional areas of study, including Middle English creolization, sociolinguistics, literary language (including the language of Chaucer), pragmatics and discourse, dialectology, standardization, language contact, and multilingualism.