English in the Middle Ages

By Tim William Machan

Book Overview

This is an enquiry into the use and status of English in medieval England. It is concerned with English relative to French and Latin and with its regional and social varieties in relation to each other. It considers how people then viewed language and how their notion of the significance of English influenced the way they used it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199262683
• ISBN13: 9780199262687
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"