Simon Horobin

Chaucer's Language (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge, Simon Horobin introduces students to Chaucer's language and the importance of reading Chaucer in the original, rather than in a modern translation. This updated edition includes references to most recent scholarship, suggestions for future research and an extensive glossary with sample quotations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137274571
• Artikelnr.: 62730905

Autorenporträt

SIMON HOROBIN is a Reader in the Faculty of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Why Study Chaucer's Language?
Writing in English
What was Middle English?
Spelling and Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Language and Style
Discourse and Pragmatics
ConclusionAppendix: Sample Texts
Glossary of Linguistic Terms
Bibliography
Index.

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Preface.- Abbreviations.- Why Study Chaucer's Language?.- Writing in English.- What was Middle English?.- Spelling and Pronunciation.- Vocabulary.- Grammar.- Language and Style.- Discourse and Pragmatics.- ConclusionAppendix: Sample Texts.- Glossary of Linguistic Terms.- Bibliography.- Index.

Rezensionen

'A well-written and informative book.' - Robert Boenig, Texas A&M University, USA
'The book is accessibly written and presented, but also maintains rigorous standards of scholarship, and is informed by the most recent research...This will be a valuable teaching and reference tool for courses on Chaucer, Middle English language and literature, and history of the English language, but is also of interest to the general reader.' - Medium Ævum