The emergence of standard English / John H. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, John H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Standardization.

English language.

Language policy--Great Britain--History.

Language policy.

English language--History.

Great Britain--Officials and employees--Language.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History.

England. Court of Chancery--History.

England.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Language.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was, and still is, made under the control of political and intellectual forces.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. A Language Policy for Lancastrian England; III. Chancery and the Emergence of Standard Written English; IV. European Chancelleries and the Rise of Standard Languages; V. Animadversions on the Text of Chaucer; VI. Chaucer's French: A Metalinguistic Inquiry; VII. Piers Plowman and Chancery Tradition; VIII. Caxton and Chancery English; IX. The History of Received Pronunciation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813187365

0813187362

9780813108520

0813108527

9780813148465

0813148464

9780813171050

0813171059

OCLC:

48138672