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Author Kibbee, Douglas A.

Title For to speke Frenche trewely : the French language in England, 1000-1600 : its status, description, and instruction / Douglas A. Kibbee.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 268 pages).
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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 60
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 60. 0304-0720
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ([pages 221-244) and indexes.
Summary The first grammatical descriptions of the French language were produced in England, several centuries before the first grammar written in French (but also several centuries after the Norman Conquest). This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of Normandy to thelred (1004) to the fixing of a (relatively) standard pedagogical scheme for the teaching of French of English speakers (ca. 1600). During this period French passed from a native language to a second language, became the official language of the legal profession, and ultimately fell ba.
Contents FOR TO SPEKE FRENCHE TREWELY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 PERIOD I: IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONQUEST(1000-1152); CHAPTER 3 PERIOD II: FROM THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY II (1152) TO THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (OCTOBER 17,1258); CHAPTER 4 PERIOD III: FROM THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (1258) TO THE PARLIAMENTARY STATUTE THAT ALL GOVERNMENTAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH (1362); CHAPTER 5 PERIOD IV FROM THE STATUTE OF 1362 TO THE AGE OF PRINTING.
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Subject French language -- England -- History.
French language.
England.
History.
French philology -- Study and teaching -- England -- History -- To 1500.
French philology -- Study and teaching.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject French philology.
French language -- Study and teaching -- English speakers -- History.
French language -- Study and teaching -- English speakers.
Normans -- Great Britain -- Language.
Normans.
Great Britain.
Language policy -- Great Britain -- History.
Language policy.
Education, Medieval -- England.
Education, Medieval.
Anglo-Norman dialect.
Anglo-Norman dialect.
Chronological Term To 1599
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Frans.
Other Form: Print version: Kibbee, Douglas A. For to speke Frenche trewely. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991 1556193556 (DLC) 91006770 (OCoLC)23177758
ISBN 9789027277718 (electronic book)
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