Introduction to Middle English (Horobin - pbk)

Author: Simon Horobin, Jeremy Smith

ISBN: 9780748614813

Binding: paperback

Section: Languages

An Introduction to Middle English is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the language during the period 1100-1500. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English, and in relation to other languages with which it came into contact.