An Introduction to Middle English

ISBN-13: 9780748614806 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 182 str.

Jeremy Smith;Simon Horobin

Opis

This text is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the language during the period 1100-1500. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English, and in relation to other languages with which it came into contact.