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"The volume provides a wide-ranging account of Middle English, organized by linguistic level. Not only are the traditional areas of linguistic study explored in state-of-the-art chapters, but the volume also covers less traditional areas of study, including creolization, sociolinguistics, liter...

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Other Authors: Brinton, Laurel J. (Editor), Bergs, Alexander (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : Mouton Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2017
Series:The history of English ; volume 3
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Middle English: Overview
  • Chapter 3: Phonology
  • Chapter 4: Morphology
  • Chapter 5: Syntax
  • Chapter 6: Semantics and Lexicon
  • Chapter 7: Pragmatics and Discourse
  • Chapter 8: Dialects
  • Chapter 9: Language Contact: Multilingualism
  • Chapter 10: Language Contact: French
  • Chapter 11: Standardization
  • Chapter 12: Middle English Creolization
  • Chapter 13: Sociolinguistics
  • Chapter 14: Literary Language
  • Chapter 15: The Language of Chaucer
  • Index