Sources Of London English
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Sources of London English
Author | : Laura Wright |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780198239093 |
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The macaronic (mixed-language) business texts of London for the period 1275 to 1500 present a rich source of evidence for the medieval dialect of London English. Hitherto they have been ignored because of mistaken ideas about their value, but Laura Wright offers a reassessment of their importance in the development of the English language. The book focuses on terminology surrounding the River Thames to present a study of the medieval dialect of London. The vocabulary survey lists many words which had previously been lost to us, and the illustrative extracts from the texts present a fascinating picture of life in medieval times on the River Thames. The author's analysis covers the orthography, phonology, and morphology of the dialect as revealed in these texts.
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