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For to speke Frenche trewely : the French language in England, 1000-1600 : its status, description and instruction / Douglas A. Kibbee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kibbee, Douglas A.
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, 60.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 60
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French language--England--History.
- French language.
- French philology--Study and teaching--England--History--To 1500.
- French philology.
- French philology--Study and teaching--England--History--16th century.
- French language--Study and teaching--English speakers--History.
- Normans--Great Britain--Language.
- Normans.
- Education--England--History--16th century.
- Education.
- Language policy--Great Britain--History.
- Language policy.
- Education, Medieval--England.
- Education, Medieval.
- Anglo-Norman dialect.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first grammatical descriptions of the French language were produced in England, several centuries before the first grammar written in French (but also several centuries after the Norman Conquest). This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of Normandy to thelred (1004) to the fixing of a (relatively) standard pedagogical scheme for the teaching of French of English speakers (ca. 1600). During this period French passed from a native language to a second language, became the official language of the legal profession, and ultimately fell back to a position of social accomplishment. At the same time, different pedagogical and descriptive traditions developed to meet these various needs. Here Kibbee traces the interaction of cultural, intellectual, social and technological history with the elaboration of a grammatical tradition. The book includes a bibliography and indexes of names, titles and subjects.
- Contents:
- FOR TO SPEKE FRENCHE TREWELY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 PERIOD I: IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONQUEST(1000-1152); CHAPTER 3 PERIOD II: FROM THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY II (1152) TO THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (OCTOBER 17,1258); CHAPTER 4 PERIOD III: FROM THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (1258) TO THE PARLIAMENTARY STATUTE THAT ALL GOVERNMENTAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH (1362); CHAPTER 5 PERIOD IV FROM THE STATUTE OF 1362 TO THE AGE OF PRINTING
- CHAPTER 6 THE AGE OF PRINTING, HUMANISM AND REFORMATION CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX I: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GRAMMARIANS; APPENDIX II: SELECTED INTRODUCTIONS AND DEDICATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references ([p. 221-244) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31336-7
- 9786613313362
- 90-272-7771-0
- OCLC:
- 757390705
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