The Multilingual Origins of Standard English by No Contributor
The Multilingual Origins of Standard English by No Contributor

The Multilingual Origins of Standard English

Textbooks inform readers that the precursor of Standard English was supposedly an East or Central Midlands variety...
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The Multilingual Origins of Standard English by No Contributor

The Multilingual Origins of Standard English

$521.34
The Multilingual Origins of Standard English by No Contributor

The Multilingual Origins of Standard English

$521.34
Author: No Contributor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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 'Chancery Standard', provided the mechanism by which this supposedly Midlands variety spread out from London. This set of explanations is challenged by taking a multilingual perspective, examining Anglo-Norman French, Medieval Latin and mixed-language contexts as well as monolingual English ones. By analysing local and legal documents, mercantile accounts, personal letters and journals, medical and religious prose, multiply-copied works, and the output of individual scribes, standardisation is shown to have been preceded by supralocalisation rather than imposed top-down as a single entity by governmental authority. Linguistic features examined include syntax, morphology, vocabulary, spelling, letter-graphs, abbreviations and suspensions, social context and discourse norms, pragmatics, registers, text-types, communities of practice social networks, and the multilingual backdrop, which was influenced by shifting socioeconomic trends.

Author: No Contributor
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 07/04/2022
Pages: 545
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.83lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.22d
ISBN: 9783110995107
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