The Vulgar Tongue by Fiona Somerset
These essays offer new vistas on the idea of the vernacular in contexts as diverse as Ramon Llull's prefiguration of universal grammar, the orthography of Early Middle English, the struggle for linguistic purity in Early Modern Dutch, and the construction of standard Serbian and Romanian in the waning decades of the Austro-Hungarian empire.“The Vulgar Tongue uses the theme of vernacularity in imaginative ways to generate dialogues between medievalists and those working in other disciplinesThe essays are brought together by two outstanding medievalists who rank among the scholarly leaders in their field.”
—Wendy Scase, University of Birmingham
“The collection’s breadth of information and the expertise of its contributors ensure the ongoing usefulness of The Vulgar Tongue.”
—Rick McDonald Rocky Mountain Review
“This is a rich, ambitious, and provocative book. It should interest any reader concerned with the ways in which intellectuals, past and present, help shape both definitions and social evaluations of the vernacular.”
—Helmut Muller-Sievers Modern Philology
Nicholas Watson is a Professor in the Department of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. He is the author of Richard Rolle and the Invention of Authority (1991) and co-editor of The Idea of the Vernacular: An Anthology of Middle English Literary Theory, 1280–1520 (Penn State, 1999).
Fiona Somerset is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. She is the author of Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England (1998).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271058511 |
| ISBN 10 | 027105851X |
| Title | The Vulgar Tongue |
| Author | Fiona Somerset |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2012-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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