
Virtues of Language : History in language, linguistics and texts. Papers in memory of Thomas Frank.
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Virtues of Language : History in language, linguistics and texts. Papers in memory of Thomas Frank.
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Stein, Dieter.
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9789027284273
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1 online resource (240 pages)
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Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
Contents:
THE VIRTUES OF LANGUAGE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- PART I THOMAS FRANK: APPRAISALS OF HIS LIFE AND WORK -- Thomas Frank, 1925-1990* -- THOMAS FRANK: LIST OF WRITINGS, 1953-1996 -- Thomas Frankin the Neapolitan Environment1 -- Honoring Thomas Frank Introduction and Overview of the Contributions -- PART II STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- Grammaticalisation, Textuality and Subjectivity The Progressiveand the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Old English progressive: a question of origins -- 3. Semantic-pragmatic change, textuality and subjectivity -- 4. Style and the Anglo Saxon Chronicle -- 5. The progressive and narrative development in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- 6. Expressive narrative and the Peterborough Chronicle -- 7. Coda -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- The Language of "wit" in Piers Plowman -- 1. Summary -- 2. Wit between science and wisdom -- 3. "Wit" in Langland's lexicon -- 4. The language of Wit and his associates -- 5. Wordplay as a language of "wit" -- 6. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Relative Sentences in late Middle EnglishThe Paston and the Cely Letters -- 1. Purpose -- 2. Quantitative analysis of relativisers -- 3. Qualitative analysis of individual relativisers -- 4. Functional analysis -- 5. Coda -- TEXTS -- REFERENCES -- PART III STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS -- The Interpretation of Historical Sources as a Problem for Diachronic Typology Word-order in English Rhetorical and Grammatical Treatises of the XVIth and Early XVIIth Centuries -- 1. General Linguistics and the problem of historical int -- 2. Word-order in English rhetorical and grammatical sources of the XVIth and early XVIIth centuries -- 3. Thomas Wilson's and Obadiah Walker's rhetorical treatises -- 4. Early English Grammars.
5. The Relation of Early English Grammars to the Scholastic Tradition and Classical Rhetoric -- 6. The treatment of English as a mother-tongue and related pedagogical problems -- 7. Awareness of language specific characteristics -- 8. Do Gill and Wallis really represent an opposition of the Baroque vs Baconian spirit? -- 9. Concluding remarks -- NOTES -- TEXTS -- REFERENCES -- The 'new science' and the New Language in Seventeenth Century England -- REFERENCES -- Otto Jespersenas a Reader of the Cours de linguistique générale* -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Jespersen as a reader of the Cours -- 2. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART IV STUDIES ON HISTORY IN LITERARY TEXTS -- PART IV STUDIES ON HISTORY IN LITERARY TEXTS -- Macbethand the Implied Director -- TEXT -- Sir Thomas Elyot's The Image of Governance A Humanist's Speculum Principis and a Literary Puzzle -- NOTES -- TEXTS -- REFERENCES -- The Union of England and Scotland Represented at Court in Ben Jonson's Hymenaei (1606) -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- "How-to" Literature A Comparison of Some Texts on Childbirth -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early medical writings -- 3. Linguistic features considered -- 4. Conclusions -- TEXTS -- REFERENCES -- General Index.
Abstract:
The volume contains 13 specially written specialist articles on a wide range of subjects within the ambit of the history of the English language and prominent literary uses of it. In uniting linguistic and literary pursuits in a single volume, it follows the noble Neapolitan scholar's research interests, as well as representing topics that figure prominently in any comprehensive university course in English. Subjects range from the rise of the present progressive in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle via issues in Medieval English, concepts of language inherent in the Early Modern English grammatical treatises and an evaluation of their value as evidence for the development of the language, the "new science" and language in the 17th century, on literary issues like the "implied director" in Macbeth, Sir Elyot's Enigmatic "Image of Governance", English history reflected in Ben Jonson to the history of text types and Jespersen's reading of Saussure's "Cours". Apart from an introductory section with articles on Frank's biography, his scientific activities and his impact on the field, the book contains work by Susan Fitzmaurice, Nicola Pantaleo, Gabriella Di Martino, Konrad Koerner, Stefano Manferlotti, Uwe Baumann, Anna Maria Palombi Cataldi, Rosanna Sornicola and Dieter Stein.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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