The Multilingual Origins of Standard English /

The Multilingual Origins of Standard English / / ed. by Laura Wright.

Textbooks inform readers that the precursor of Standard English was supposedly an East or Central Midlands variety which became adopted in London; that monolingual fifteenth century English manuscripts fall into internally-cohesive Types; and that the fourth Type, dating after 1435 and labelled ‘Cha...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
MitwirkendeR:
Ashdowne, Richard,
Carrillo-Linares, María José,
Conde-Silvestre, J. Camilo,
Durkin, Philip,
Gordon, Moragh,
Hernández-Campoy, Juan M.,
Kopaczyk, Joanna,
Nevalainen, Terttu,
Olalla, David Moreno,
Romero-Barranco, Jesús,
Schendl, Herbert,
Stenroos, Merja,
Sylvester, Louise,
Thaisen, Jacob,
Tiddeman, Megan,
Williamson, Keith,
Wright, Laura,
HerausgeberIn:
Wright, Laura,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 107
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 534 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Part 1: The orthodox version
  • Introduction
  • 1. A critical look at previous accounts of the standardisation of English
  • 2. The ‘vernacularisation’ and ‘standardisation’ of local administrative writing in late and post-medieval England
  • 3. The linguistic character of manuscripts attributed to the Beryn Scribe: A comparative study
  • 4. Spelling practices in late Middle English medical prose: A quantitative analysis
  • 5. Standardisation, exemplars, and the Auchinleck manuscript
  • 6. Bristol <th>, <þ> and <y>: The North-South divide revisited, 1400–1700
  • 7. <th> versus <þ>: Latin-based influences and social awareness in the Paston letters
  • 8. Early mass communication as a standardizing influence? The case of the Book of Common Prayer
  • Part 2: The revised version
  • 9. Abbreviations and standardisation in the Polychronicon: Latin to English and manuscript to print
  • 10. William Worcester’s Itineraria: mixed-language notes of a medieval traveller
  • 11. The relationship of borrowing from French and Latin in the Middle English period with the development of the lexicon of Standard English: Some observations and a lot of questions
  • 12. The role of multilingualism in the emergence of a technical register in the Middle English period
  • 13. More sugar and spice: Revisiting medieval Italian influence on the mercantile lexis of England
  • 14. -mannus makyth man(n)? Latin as an indirect source for English lexical history
  • 15. Communities of practice, proto-standardisation and spelling focusing in the Stonor letters
  • 16. A comparison of some French and English nominal suffixes in early English correspondence (1420–1681)
  • 17. Textual standardisation of legal Scots vis a vis Latin
  • 18. Rising living standards, the demise of Anglo-Norman and mixed-language writing, and standard English
  • Index

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