French Elements In Middle English
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| Author | : Thelma S. Fenster |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1843844591 |
Recent research has emphasised the importance of insular French in medieval English culture alongside English and Latin; for a period of some four hundred years, French (variously labelled the French of England, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-French, and Insular French) rivalled these two languages. The essays here focus on linguistic adaptation and translation in this new multilingual England, where John Gower wrote in Latin while his contemporary Chaucer could break new ground in English.
| Author | : Nadja Litschko |
| Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 20 |
| Release | : 2004-04-12 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 3638266974 |
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2 (B), http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Anglistics/ American Studies), course: PS Introduction to Chaucer's Middle English, language: English, abstract: The English language has undergone tremendous changes over the years of its development from Old English to the Modern English as it is known today. During that time, especially during the Middle English period, several other languages exerted a significant influence and were therefore partly responsible for the changes brought to English over the years. These languages were Latin, French and Old Norse. This paper will focus on the influence of the French language on Middle English, brought on by the Norman Conquest through William the Conqueror. First there will be an explanation of the historical events, which preceded the developments in the England. Afterwards the focus of this paper will rest on the effect of the French language on the Middle English vocabulary, spelling and phonology. This will be explained on the example of an extract of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Nun's Priest Tale. During the course of this paper it will be proved that the French language was one of the main influences, which affected the English language during the Middle Ages.
| Author | : William Calin |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 587 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
| ISBN | : 9781442659841 |
Calin develops a synthesis of medieval French and English literature that will be especially useful for classroom study.
| Author | : Christiane Dalton-Puffer |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2011-05-02 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110822113 |
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
| Author | : E.E. Wardale |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 143 |
| Release | : 2016-04-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1317217276 |
First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words that foreign influence has affected — leaving sentence structure almost unaltered. Isolative and combinative changes in phonology, the accidence of nouns and plurals, pronouns and adverbs, and verbs are also examined in detail, along with a general overview of the features Middle English and a brief outline of each dialect’s most striking characteristics.
| Author | : David Charles Douglas |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 492 |
| Release | : 1964 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and detailed research and also the biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular.
| Author | : Jane Gilbert |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2011-02-17 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1139495550 |
Medieval literature contains many figures caught at the interface between life and death - the dead return to place demands on the living, while the living foresee, organize or desire their own deaths. Jane Gilbert's original study examines the ways in which certain medieval literary texts, both English and French, use these 'living dead' to think about existential, ethical and political issues. In doing so, she shows powerful connections between works otherwise seen as quite disparate, including Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Legend of Good Women, the Chanson de Roland and the poems of Francois Villon. Written for researchers and advanced students of medieval French and English literature, this book provides original, provocative interpretations of canonical medieval texts in the light of influential modern theories, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis, presented in an accessible and lively way.
| Author | : Candace Barrington |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 2019-08-08 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1107180783 |
A comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the interrelationship between law and literature in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Tudor England.
| Author | : Philip Durkin |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 752 |
| Release | : 2011-07-07 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0191618780 |
This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologist of the Oxford English Dictionary, shows how different types of evidence can shed light on the myriad ways in which words change in form and meaning. He considers how such changes can be part of wider linguistic processes, or be influenced by a complex mixture of social and cultural factors. He illustrates every point with a wide range of fascinating examples. Dr Durkin investigates folk etymology and other changes which words undergo in everyday use. He shows how language families are established, how words in different languages can have a common ancester, and the ways in which the latter can be distinguished from words introduced through language contact. He examines the etymologies of the names of people and places. His focus is on English but he draws many examples from languages such as French, German, and Latin which cast light on the pre-histories of English words. The Oxford Guide to Etymology is reliable, readable, instructive, and enjoyable. Everyone interested in the history of words will value this account of an endlessly fascinating subject.
| Author | : Lynda Mugglestone |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 613 |
| Release | : 2012-11-29 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0199660166 |
This text traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its 21st-century position as the world's first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.
