Chaucer's language

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"Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge, this book introduces students to Chaucer's language and the importance of reading Chaucer in the original, rather than modern translation. The book leads students gently through basic linguistic concepts with appropriate explanation, highlighting how Chaucer's language differs from present-day English and the significance of this for interpreting his work. Close analysis and comparison with other writers is used to show how Chaucer drew on the variety…

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Title Statements

Full title :Chaucer's language / Simon Horobin.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

Previous edition: 2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 221 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230293793, 0230293794
oclc:ocn797975184
LC Classification:PR1940
Dewey Decimal:821.1

Why study Chaucer's language? -- Writing in English -- What was Middle English? -- Spelling and pronunciation -- Vocabulary -- Grammar -- Language and style -- Discourse and pragmatics -- Using the Middle English dictionary.

Subjects

18.05 English literature Anglais (langue) -- 1100-1500 (moyen an… Chaucer, Geoffrey English language -- Middle English English language -- Middle English, 110… Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Language and languages Literary style Literature Middle English -- Introduction Rhetoric, Medieval Rhétorique médiévale Sprache