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Chaucer's Language [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 208 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 216x137x12 mm, weight: 263 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Jan-2007
  • Leidėjas: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 1403993564
  • ISBN-13: 9781403993564
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 208 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 216x137x12 mm, weight: 263 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Jan-2007
  • Leidėjas: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 1403993564
  • ISBN-13: 9781403993564
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge, this book introduces students to Chaucers 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 Chaucers 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 of Middle English to achieve particular poetic effects. Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge, this book introduces students to Chaucers 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 Chaucers 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 of Middle English to achieve particular poetic effects.

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'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 Evum

Preface * Abbreviations * Why Study Chaucer's Language? * Writing in English * What Was Middle English? * Spelling and Pronunciation * Grammar * Vocabulary * Language and Style * Discourse and Pragmatics * Sample Texts * Glossary of Linguistic Terminology * Bibliography * Index
Preface * Abbreviations * Why Study Chaucer's Language? * Writing in English * What Was Middle English? * Spelling and Pronunciation * Grammar * Vocabulary * Language and Style * Discourse and Pragmatics * Sample Texts * Glossary of Linguistic Terminology * Bibliography * Index


SIMON HOROBIN is Reader in English Language at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is author of An Introduction to Middle English and The Language of the Chaucer Tradition.