Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Transforming Early English
  • Cited by 12
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2020
      April 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108333474
      9781108420389
      9781108414852
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333474
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 308 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 314 Pages
      • Series:
      Studies in English Language
      Subjects:
      English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics, History of the English Language, Semantics and Pragmatics
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Series:
    Studies in English Language
    Subjects:
    English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics, History of the English Language, Semantics and Pragmatics
    Information

    Book description

    Transforming Early English shows how historical pragmatics can offer a powerful explanatory framework for the changes medieval English and Older Scots texts undergo, as they are transmitted over time and space. The book argues that formal features such as spelling, script and font, and punctuation - often neglected in critical engagement with past texts - relate closely to dynamic, shifting socio-cultural processes, imperatives and functions. This theme is illustrated through numerous case-studies in textual recuperation, ranging from the reinvention of Old English poetry and prose in the later medieval and early modern periods, to the eighteenth-century 'vernacular revival' of literature in Older Scots.

    Reviews

    'The questions that the book attempts to answer … are … extremely relevant, as any answers will have immediate and crucial import on the field of linguistics in general.'

    Marcin Krygier Source: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.