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Does spelling matter?
This title narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day. It also examines the changing attitudes to spelling, including numerous proposals for spelling reform, ranging from the introduction of new alphabets to more modest attempts to rid English of its silent letters, and the differing agendas they reveal.
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Bagels, bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language
This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the reader through a typical day's activities - waking up, eating meals, going to work - and looks at the etymology of the words we use to describe them, as well as how their meanings have changed over time.
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Chaucer's language
\"Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge, this book introduces students to Chaucer's language and the importance of reading Chaucer in the original, rather than modern translation. The book leads students gently through basic linguistic concepts with appropriate explanation, highlighting how Chaucer's language differs from present-day English and the significance of this for interpreting his work. Close analysis and comparison with other writers is used to show how Chaucer drew on the variety of Middle English to achieve particular poetic effects\"--Jacket.
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Compiling the Canterbury Tales in Fifteenth-Century Manuscripts
Horobin talks about the Canterbury Tales. In recent studies of the manuscript tradition of the Canterbury Tales, scholars have considered the possibility that differences in the content and arrangement of the earliest manuscripts might be indicative of discrete stages of authorial revision. Such a view is not new; Walter W. Skeat was one of the earliest editors to raise such a possibility. Skeat viewed the order of the Hengwrt manuscript as representing Chaucer's first attempt at arranging his work. This early stage was followed by four subsequent revisions, three of which Skeat viewed as authorial, the final as work of a later editor. More recently, N. F. Blake has raised the possibility that some of the earliest manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales may have been written under Chaucer's supervision, and that differences in content and tale order would therefore represent separate stages of authorial revision.
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How English became English : a short history of a global language
\"Simon Horobin investigates the evolution of the English language, examining how the language continues to adapt even today, as English continues to find new speakers and new uses. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements--or evidence of slipping standards\"--Amazon.com.
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How English became English : a short history of a global language
The English language is a subject of fascination for many people and is frequently the subject of lively debate in the media. In this book, Simon Horobin considers the rich history of the English language, before moving to discuss its role, status, and future.
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Bagels, bumf, & buses : a day in the life of the English language
Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.
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Adam Pinkhurst, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Hengwrt Manuscript of the Canterbury Tales
Horobin explores the relationship of Chaucer and the professional scribe Adam Pinkhurst. The dating of Chaucer's first employment of Pinkhurst is thus of considerable significance for the understanding of the nature of the relationship between poet and scribe, and for the assessment of the surviving manuscripts copied by Pinkhurst. If the relationship began early on, then the Hengwrt manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, likely the first of the scribe's extant copies, could have been produced under the poet's direct supervision following a process of lengthy collaboration. Even if the poet did not supervise the production of Hengwrt, or the later Ellesmere manuscript, the possibility that Pinkhurst knew of Chaucer's plans for the work accords special authority to those copies over all other witnesses.
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C. S. Lewis's Oxford
An examination of the influence of Oxford on the writing of C. S. Lewis, bringing to light new archival discoveries including letters and an unpublished poem.
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Thomas Hoccleve
Building upon recent findings regarding the copying of early manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales and the identity of their scribes, this article revisits the question of who was responsible for commissioning and overseeing the production of the Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts. Detailed analysis of the additions and corrections made to the Hengwrt manuscript, as well as the editorial interventions that lie behind the copy of the Canterbury Tales found in Ellesmere, leads to the suggestion that the supervisor responsible for the production of both manuscripts was Thomas Hoccleve.
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