The Use and Development of Middle English - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Middle English, Cambridge 2008 (Hardcover, New edition)

The fourteen essays presented here discuss the development of English during the Middle English period: how the language developed from Old English, linguistic innovations, and the loss and abandonment of certain words and constructions. A common theme is variation and variability - dialectal, social, temporal, stylistic and idiolectal - with much work fitting under the heading of historical pragmatics. Some of the essays also shed light on everyday life, customs, culture and religious practices during the period. Collectively, the essays make it clear that searchable computerized corpora have become indispensible tools of the discipline, with several contributors describing new corpora created to their own specifications.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, 38
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Richard Dance • Laura Wright
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-62875-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	3-631-62875-7
Barcode:	9783631628751

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