Sara Harris

The Linguistic Past in Twelfth-Century Britain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how depictions of etymology were used by twelfth-century poets, translators, bureaucrats and historians to portray Britain's past.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781107180055
• ISBN-10: 1107180058
• Artikelnr.: 47822521

Autorenporträt

Sara Harris is a Junior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Methods and motivations for studying the vernacular linguistic past
2. Perceptions of English linguistic and literary continuity
3. Explorations and appropriations of British linguistic history
4. The vernaculars of ancestral law: Royal administration and linguistic authority
5. Placing French in multilingual Britain
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.