The Medieval Records of a London City Church: St. Mary at Hill, 1420-1559 (1905)

The Medieval Records of a London City Church: St. Mary at Hill, 1420-1559 (1905)
Author: Henry Littlehales
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781104661533

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Studies in Early Modern English

Studies in Early Modern English
Author: Dieter Kastovsky
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2011-12-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311087959X

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.

Sources of London English

Sources of London English
Author: Laura Wright
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780198239093

The macaronic (mixed-language) business texts of London for the period 1275 to 1500 present a rich source of evidence for the medieval dialect of London English. Hitherto they have been ignored because of mistaken ideas about their value, but Laura Wright offers a reassessment of their importance in the development of the English language. The book focuses on terminology surrounding the River Thames to present a study of the medieval dialect of London. The vocabulary survey lists many words which had previously been lost to us, and the illustrative extracts from the texts present a fascinating picture of life in medieval times on the River Thames. The author's analysis covers the orthography, phonology, and morphology of the dialect as revealed in these texts.