14.2156, Books: Historical Ling, English: Taavitsainen, Pahta

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Subject: 14.2156, Books: Historical Ling, English: Taavitsainen, Pahta

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Date:  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:47:38 +0000
From:  jreid at cup.org
Subject:  Scientific and Medical Writing in English, 1375-1500

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Date:  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:47:38 +0000
From:  jreid at cup.org
Subject:  Scientific and Medical Writing in English, 1375-1500

Title: Scientific and Medical Writing in English, 1375-1500
Series Title: Studies in English Language

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cup.org		

Editor: Irma  Taavitsainen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Editor: Paivi  Pahta, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Hardback: ISBN: 0521831334, Pages: 280, Price: $60.00*
Comment: Price subject to change

Abstract:

The late Middle Ages in England saw a flowering of scientific writing
in the vernacular that moved English discourse in new directions and
established new textual genres. This book examines the sociolinguistic
causes and effects of that process, based on the empirical evidence
from manuscripts and computerized files. Topics covered include
scriptorial "house-styles", code-switching, translation strategies,
and transmission processes. The book offers important new insights
into vernacularization phenomena, and will be welcomed by historical
linguists and medievalists alike.

Contributors
Páivi Pahta, Irma Taavitsainen, Claire Jones, Juhani Norri, Martti
Mákinen, Ruth Carroll, Linda Ehrsam Voigts

1. Vernacularisation of scientific and medical writing in its
sociohistorical context; 2. Discourse communities and medical texts;
3. Transferring classical discourse forms into the vernacular;
4. Code-switching in medieval medical writing; 5. Entrances and exits
in English medical vocabulary, 1400-1550; 6. Herbal recipes and
recipes in herbals--intertextuality in early English medical writing;
7. Middle English recipes: vernacularisation of a text-type; 8. The
'Declaracions' of Richard of Wallingford: A case study of a Middle
English astrological treatise; 9. Scriptorial "house-styles" and
discourse communities

Lingfield(s):   Historical Linguistics
		Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s):  English (Language code: ENG)

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)

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