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Title: The Language of the Peterborough Chronicle

The Language of the Peterborough Chronicle

by Alexander Bergs (Volume editor) Janne Skaffari (Volume editor)
©2007 Conference proceedings 204 Pages
Linguistics
Series: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, Volume 20

Summary

This book is the first (linguistic) publication which exclusively focuses on one of the most famous and important documents in the history of English: the Early Middle English ‘Peterborough Chronicle’. This book contains 10 original and hitherto unpublished papers which deal with phonological, orthographic, morphosyntactic and lexical aspects pertaining to this special manuscript. Moreover, one section is exclusively devoted to teaching the history of English on the basis of the Peterborough Chronicle.

Details

Pages
204
Publication Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631564547
Language
English
Keywords
Kongress Hochschuldidaktik Peterborough chronicle Sprache Wien (2004) Historische Linguistik Sprachwandel Mittelenglisch
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2007. 204 pp., num. fig. and tables
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Alexander Bergs (Volume editor) Janne Skaffari (Volume editor)

The Editors: Alexander Bergs is professor and chair of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Osnabrück. Janne Skaffari is senior lecturer (acting) at the University of Turku.

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