Linguistic Past in Twelfth-Century Britain

Informationen zum Autor Sara Harris is a Junior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Klappentext This book shows how depictions of etymology were used by twelfth-century poets, translators, bureaucrats and historians to portray Britain's past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Methods and motivations for studying the vernacular linguistic past; 2. Perceptions of English linguistic and literary continuity; 3. Explorations and appropriations of British linguistic history; 4. The vernaculars of ancestral law: Royal administration and linguistic authority; 5. Placing French in multilingual Britain; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Sara Harris, Sara (University of Cambridge) Harris, Harris Sara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781316631874
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63187-4
• No. of pages: 293
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism