Catalogue of Works of Standard English Literature
Author : Bernard Quaritch
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 1907
Category : English literature
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Author : Bernard Quaritch
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 1907
Category : English literature
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : B. Quaritch
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Page : pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : Andrew Troeger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 20,86 MB
Release : 2024-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385307171
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Author : John H. Fisher
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0813148464
Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was, and still is, made under the control of political and intellectual forces. In these essays Fisher chronicles his gradual realization that Standard English was not a popular evolution at all but was the direct result of political decisions made by the Lancastrian administrations of Henry IV and Henry V. To achieve standardization and acceptance of the vernacular, these kings turned to their Chancery scribes, who were responsible for writing and copying legal and royal documents. Chaucer, a relative of the king, began to be labeled by the government as a master of the language, and it was Henry V who inspired the fifteenth-century tradition of citing Chaucer as the "maker" of English. An even more important link between language development and government practice is the fact that Chaucer himself composed in the English of the Chancery scribes. Fisher discusses the development of Chancery practices, royal involvement in promoting use of the vernacular, Chaucer's use of English, Caxton's use of Chancery Standard, and the nineteenth-century phenomenon of a standard, or "received," pronunciation of English. This engaging and clearly written work will change the way scholars understand the development of English and think about the intentional shaping of our language.
Author : George Brinley
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Page : 538 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 1886
Category : America
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Author : HENRY G. BOHNS
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Page : 604 pages
File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 1848
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Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385312779
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Author : Zelotes Hosmer
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 1861
Category : Rare books
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