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MACMILLAN Time-Bound Words: Chaucer to Shakespeare History

Name: MACMILLAN Time-Bound Words: Chaucer to Shakespeare History
Brand: MACMILLAN
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Explore the deep connection between English society and the evolution of language in Time-Bound Words. This academic study by MACMILLAN investigates how changes in social structures and linguistic shifts are woven together from the era of Chaucer to the time of Shakespeare. By tracking eleven specific words, such as corage, estat, thrift, and virtu, the text demonstrates how Middle English vocabulary adapted to serve the logic of new social discourses by 1611. This research looks at language not just as a set of rules, but as a tool for cultural work. Readers will find a detailed examination of usage from influential figures including Chaucer, Wyclif, More, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Jonson. The book analyzes both current and emerging language patterns, providing a clear view of how verbal play helped shape the cultural landscape of England during these transformative centuries.

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Traces the evolution of eleven specific words from the Middle English period through the early 17th century.

Analyzes how language serves new social discourses and shifts in English society between Chaucer and Shakespeare.

Examines the works of major literary figures including Wyclif, More, Spenser, Jonson, and Shakespeare.

Investigates how emerging language usage and verbal play function to accomplish significant cultural work.

Provides a historical study of words like corage, estat, thrift, and virtu within their social contexts.

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Brand: MACMILLAN
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0333753798
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Social & Cultural
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 29 March 2000
Listed Since: 08 February 2007

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