This edited book examines the multilingual culture of medieval England, exploring its impact on the development of English and its textual manifestations from a

This volume contains essays on various aspects of multilingualism in medieval France, Italy, England, and the Low Countries. The fifteen contributions discuss t

This book examines the development of English as a written vernacular and identifies that development as a process of community building that occurred in a mult

Textbooks inform readers that the precursor of Standard English was supposedly an East or Central Midlands variety which became adopted in London; that monoling

Textbooks inform readers that the precursor of Standard English was supposedly an East or Central Midlands variety which became adopted in London; that monoling