The Development of the Scots Lexicon and Syntax in the 16th Century under the Influence of Translations from Latin (Scottish Studies International) - Softcover

Jumpertz-Schwab, Cornelia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3631336632 ISBN 13: 9783631336632

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1998

Synopsis

Linguistically, the importance of Latin decreased during the 15th and 16th century for the benefit of an increase in the importance of the vernaculars. In Scotland, as all over Europe, it was the intention of scholars to make the works of the classical authors accessible to an audience with insufficient knowledge of Latin. Moreover, it was the translators' aim to show that the Scots vernacular was an adequate means to render classical texts and to transform Scots into a full literary language. This book demonstrates how and to what extent the Scots lexicon and its syntax were influenced by translations from Latin in the 16th century.

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About the Author

The Author: Cornelia Jumpertz-Schwab was a student at the University of Freiburg and the University of Glasgow. She was Lektor for German at the University of Limerick and Assistant at the University of Bayreuth. Since 1994 she has been teaching DaF and English in adult education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631336632
• ISBN 13: 9783631336632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222