Chaucer's Language

Informationen zum Autor Simon Horobin Klappentext 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 of Middle English to achieve particular poetic effects. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAbbreviationsWhy Study Chaucer's Language?Writing in EnglishWhat was Middle English?Spelling and PronunciationVocabularyGrammarLanguage and StyleDiscourse and PragmaticsSample TextsGlossary of Linguistic TerminologyBibliographyIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Simon Horobin
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.11.2006
• EAN: 9781403993564
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9356-4
• Seiten: 224
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft