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English in the Middle Ages / Tim William Machan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Machan, Tim William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 205 p., [1] leaf of plates) : facsim.
- Edition:
- Pbk. [ed.]
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An enquiry into the use and status of English in medieval England, this text is concerned with English relative to French and Latin and its regional and social varieties in relation to each other. It examines medieval views of language and the significance of English and how these shaped its use.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Ecology of Middle English
- 2. The Baron's War and Henry's Letters
- 3. Language, Dialect, Nation
- 4. What's a Dialect Before It's a Dialect?
- 5. After Middle English
- Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-926268-3
- 1-280-75860-0
- 0-19-155568-1
- 1-4237-7111-7
- OCLC:
- 1027143658
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