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An Introduction to Middle English / Simon Horobin, Jeremy Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language : ETELAPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748614806
  • 9780748673124
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427/.02 21
LOC classification:
  • PE524 .H67 2002
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- To readers -- PART I -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What did Middle English look like? -- 3 Middle English in use -- PART II -- 4 Spellings and sounds -- 5 The lexicon -- 6 Grammar -- PART III -- 7 Looking forward -- Appendix: Middle English texts -- Discussion of the exercises -- References -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748614813);An Introduction to Middle English is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the language during the period 1100-1500. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English, and in relation to other languages with which it came into contact.Key Featurespresents the historical and geographical contexts of Middle Englishexamines the evidence for Middle English; introduces the principal features of Middle English spelling, pronunciation, grammar and vocabularyincludes an introduction to Middle English textual studies; selected Middle English texts, both literary and non-literary; notes, glossaries and annotated bibliographies; and questions for review.Most other introductory books on Middle English focus on literary rather than linguistic matters; this book is designed to redress the balance, by providing students of English language with an up-to-date, authoritative survey which takes account of recent trends in historical linguistics."
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748673124

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- To readers -- PART I -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What did Middle English look like? -- 3 Middle English in use -- PART II -- 4 Spellings and sounds -- 5 The lexicon -- 6 Grammar -- PART III -- 7 Looking forward -- Appendix: Middle English texts -- Discussion of the exercises -- References -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748614813);An Introduction to Middle English is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the language during the period 1100-1500. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English, and in relation to other languages with which it came into contact.Key Featurespresents the historical and geographical contexts of Middle Englishexamines the evidence for Middle English; introduces the principal features of Middle English spelling, pronunciation, grammar and vocabularyincludes an introduction to Middle English textual studies; selected Middle English texts, both literary and non-literary; notes, glossaries and annotated bibliographies; and questions for review.Most other introductory books on Middle English focus on literary rather than linguistic matters; this book is designed to redress the balance, by providing students of English language with an up-to-date, authoritative survey which takes account of recent trends in historical linguistics."

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)