Présente plus de 50 extraits soigneusement choisis pour illustrer le développement de l'anglais, en regardant particulièrement la variété stylistique et dialectique de l'anglais. Considère la relation entre la parole dialecte et la norme à différentes périodes, ses implications sociales, l'influence sur l'anglais des langues étrangères et l'apparition d'expression familière dans l'écrit ou les caractéristiques de la prose latine. La sélection de types d'écriture particuliers à partir d'une gamme de périodes permet d'explorer certains chemins à travers l'histoire de l'anglais, y compris les écrits scientifiques, de l'Aelfric au Darwin, les attitudes et la compréhension de la langue, du XIVe au XIXe siècle, l'art continu de l'écriture des lettres et le développement de la langue d'une région.
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Presents over 50 carefully chosen extracts to illustrate the development of English, looking particularly at the stylistic and dialectical variety of English. Considers the relationship between dialect speech and the standard at various periods, its social implications, the influence upon English of foreign languages, and the occurrence of colloquial expression in writing or the characteristics of Latin-based prose. The selection of particular types of writing from a range of periods permits the exploration of certain pathways through the history of English, including scientific writings, from Aelfric to Darwin, attitudes to, and understanding of, language, from the 14th to the 19th centuries, the continuing art of letter writing and the development of the language of a region.
David Burnley is Head of the Department of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Sheffield. His academic career has focused on the languages and literature of the medieval period, making a special point of the connections between language, literature and culture. His previous publications include the books- Chaucer's Language and the Philosopher's Tradition (1979), The Language of Chaucer (1989), An Annotated Bibliography of the Language of Middle English Literature (with Matsuji Tajima, 1994), Courtliness and Literature in Medieval England (1998).
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