The Prosthetic Tongue : : Printing Technology and the Rise of the French Language / / Katie Chenoweth.
Of all the cultural "revolutions" brought about by the development of printing technology during the sixteenth century, perhaps the most remarkable but least understood is the purported rise of European vernacular languages. It is generally accepted that the invention of printing constitut...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue. Originary Prints
- Chapter 1. The Artificial Tongue: Beginnings
- Chapter 2. Hand of Brass: From Manuscript to Print
- Chapter 3. Teleprinting: Geoffroy Tory and the Gallic Hercules
- Chapter 4. Phonography: Accents, Orthography, Typography
- Chapter 5. Grammatization: Pedagogies of the Mother Tongue
- Chapter 6. Prosthetic Sovereignty: François I and the Ear of the People
- Chapter 7. Survival: Du Bellay and the Life of Language
- Epilogue
- Appendix. Technical Treatises on the French Language, 1500–1600
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments