The emergence of standard English /

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Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was, and still is, made under the control of political and intellectual forces.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fisher, John H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Temas:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Language.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
England. > Court of Chancery > History.
England. > Court of Chancery.
English language > Standardization.
English language > History.
Language policy > Great Britain > History.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Employees > Language.
English language.
Language and languages.
Language policy.
Great Britain > Officials and employees > Language.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. A Language Policy for Lancastrian England; III. Chancery and the Emergence of Standard Written English; IV. European Chancelleries and the Rise of Standard Languages; V. Animadversions on the Text of Chaucer; VI. Chaucer's French: A Metalinguistic Inquiry; VII. Piers Plowman and Chancery Tradition; VIII. Caxton and Chancery English; IX. The History of Received Pronunciation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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