An Introduction to Middle English
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Reading, Phonetics & Phonics, Linguistics
| Author: | E.E. Wardale | ISBN: | 9781317217268 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | April 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | E.E. Wardale |
| ISBN: | 9781317217268 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | April 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words that foreign influence has affected — leaving sentence structure almost unaltered. Isolative and combinative changes in phonology, the accidence of nouns and plurals, pronouns and adverbs, and verbs are also examined in detail, along with a general overview of the features Middle English and a brief outline of each dialect’s most striking characteristics.
First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words that foreign influence has affected — leaving sentence structure almost unaltered. Isolative and combinative changes in phonology, the accidence of nouns and plurals, pronouns and adverbs, and verbs are also examined in detail, along with a general overview of the features Middle English and a brief outline of each dialect’s most striking characteristics.
