Imagining Medieval English : language structures and theories, 500-1500 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Machan, Tim William (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:	Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 95.
Subjects:	English language > Middle English, 1100-1500. English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Texts. English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Discourse analysis. English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Variation. Language and culture > England > History > To 1500. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The metaphysics of medieval English / Tim William Machan
What was medieval English? / Seth Lerer
The evolution of Old and Middle English texts : linguistic form and practices of literacy / Jeremy Smith
Snakes, ladders, and standard language / Tim William Machan
"Þæt is on englisc" : performing multilingualism in Anglo-Saxon England / Christopher M. Cain
Regional language and culture : the geography of Middle English linguistic variation / Merja Stenroos
The linguistic repertoire of medieval England, 1100-1500 / Ad Putter
The nature of material evidence / Simon Horobin
Sifting through the evidence : principles and pitfalls / Cynthia L. Allen
Everyday English in late medieval England / Colette Moore
Imagining the literary in medieval English / Andrew Galloway
"The most excellent creatures are not ever born perfect" : early modern attitudes to Middle English / Helen Cooper
Ideas of medieval English in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / David Matthews.