Images of language in middle english vernacular writings

An exploration of the use of images in Middle English texts, tracing out what can be deduced of a theory of language.

Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: CAWSEY, KATHY
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: [Place of publication not identified] D S BREWER, 2020.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv105bbtc
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Vernacular Transformation of the Latin Inheritance: Chaucer's House of Fame
  • 2 Depictions of Oral Language: The Owl and the Nightingale
  • 3 Ideas of Written Language: Merlin's Magical Writing
  • 4 Metaphors of Language and Power: The Tutivillus Tales
  • 5 Disrupting the Power Structures of Language: Wheat and Chaff
  • Conclusions.