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.
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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D S BREWER,
2020.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv105bbtc |
Sommario:
- 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.