Studies in Middle English Forms and Meanings (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature)

Mazzon, Gabriella & Jacek Fisiak

ISBN 10: 0820487414 / ISBN 13: 9780820487410

Published by Peter Lang Publishing, 2008

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2008. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in Middle English Forms and Meanings (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature)
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820487414
• ISBN 13: 9780820487410
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Used - Like New
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Synopsis

The Volume contains written versions of some contributions to the Fifth International Conference on Middle English (ICOME 5), held at the University of Naples in 2005. Most of the papers concentrate on individual aspects of grammar and semantics, although some focus on dialectal fragmentation, and others adopt a pragmatic perspective. There is still a lot to be done in the study of the Middle English lexicon, in the same way as there are many aspects of grammar that have not been fully studied yet. The volume aims at providing contributions that can further the knowledge of these subfields of English historical linguistics, through state-of-the-art case studies that also exploit all modern resources such as computerised corpora and electronically tagged texts.

About the Author

Gabriella Mazzon is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Cagliari. Her main research interests are sociolinguistics (English as a second language, varieties of English), historical syntax (negative forms), and historical pragmatics (forms of address, modality, dialogue).