The virtues of language :: history in language, linguistics, and texts : papers in memory of Thomas Frank /

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...

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Other Authors: Stein, Dieter, 1946-, Sornicola, Rosanna, 1953-, Frank, Thomas, 1925-1990
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1998.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 87.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027284273
902728427X
1283128128
9781283128124
9786613128126
6613128120
ISSN:0304-0720 ;

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