Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles A Linguistic Study Of Ms Glasgow Hunter 252 Roger by Roger, Geoffrey instant download after payment.

MS Glasgow Hunter 252 is the sole surviving manuscript copy of the Cent
Nouvelles Nouvelles. The present PhD thesis, funded by a Glasgow University
Scholarship and supervised by James Simpson and Peter Davies, explores the
language of this collection of bawdy tales, attributed to the court of Philippe III
de Bourgogne (1396-1467). Most existing studies on the language of the Cent
Nouvelles Nouvelles have offered a literary (e.g. stylistic, narratological)
perspective, and very few have considered the document within the wider
context of French historical linguistics. The present thesis aims to fill this gap
by:
- Presenting elements of linguistic interest within the document (dialectalisms,
archaisms, rare features, cultural references, etc.), through a comprehensive
survey of phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.
- Expanding and reassessing existing theories on orthographic standardisation
and dialectal input in written and, more speculatively, spoken Middle French.
- Providing scriptological evidence towards the localisation of other textual
resources within the online Dictionnaire du moyen français (1330-1500).
- Investigating the authenticity of the mise-en-scène of the Cent Nouvelles
Nouvelles; reflecting on linguistic practices and note-taking at the Court of
Burgundy.
- Exploring spoken language as rendered by direct speech passages, with
special consideration of linguistic variation and stereotyping.
- Publishing textual databases for future analysis (tables of main spelling
variants, alphabetical list of words, etc.).