Simon Horobin

Chaucer's Language

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduces students to Chaucer's language and the importance of reading Chaucer in the original, rather than in a modern translation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781350473799
• ISBN-10: 1350473790
• Artikelnr.: 73374966

Autorenporträt

Simon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University, UK and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. Why Study Chaucer's Language?
2. Writing in English
3. What was Middle English?
4. Spelling and Pronunciation
5. Vocabulary
6. Grammar
7. Language and Style
8. Discourse and Pragmatics
9. Using Electronic Resources to Study Chaucer's Language
10. Electronic Resources
Conclusion
Appendix: Annotated Texts
Glossary of Linguistic Terms
Glossary of Common Middle English Words
Glossary of 'False Friends'
Bibliography
Index