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This study discusses how depictions of etymology and ancient documents were employed by twelfth-century poets, translators, bureaucrats and historians to portray Britain's past. A series of detailed case studies demonstrate how the vernacular hence became an important site for the construction of dynastic, institutional and ethnic identities.

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Methods and motivations for studying the vernacular linguistic past; 2. Perceptions of English linguistic and literary continuity; 3. Explorations and appropriations of British linguistic history; 4. The vernaculars of ancestral law: Royal administration and linguistic authority; 5. Placing French in multilingual Britain; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

The Linguistic Past in TwelfthCentury Britain

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/11/2019 12:07:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781316631874, 978-1316631874
      ISBN10: 1316631877
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study discusses how depictions of etymology and ancient documents were employed by twelfth-century poets, translators, bureaucrats and historians to portray Britain's past. A series of detailed case studies demonstrate how the vernacular hence became an important site for the construction of dynastic, institutional and ethnic identities.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Methods and motivations for studying the vernacular linguistic past; 2. Perceptions of English linguistic and literary continuity; 3. Explorations and appropriations of British linguistic history; 4. The vernaculars of ancestral law: Royal administration and linguistic authority; 5. Placing French in multilingual Britain; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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