Medical and Scientific Writing in Late Medieval English [Paperback]

This 2004 volume discusses the vernacularisation of scientific and medical writing in late medieval English.The late middle ages in England saw a flowering of scientific writing in the vernacular, taking English discourse in new directions and establishing new textual genres. This book examines the sociolinguistic causes and effects of that process, on the basis of the empirical evidence from manuscripts and a large computerised corpus. Topics covered include scriptorial house-styles , code-switching, translation strategies, and transmission processes. The book offers important new insights into vernacularisation phenomena, and makes a significant methodological contribution to corpus linguistics. It will be welcomed by historical linguists and medievalists alike.The late middle ages in England saw a flowering of scientific writing in the vernacular, taking English discourse in new directions and establishing new textual genres. This book examines the sociolinguistic causes and effects of that process, on the basis of the empirical evidence from manuscripts and a large computerised corpus. Topics covered include scriptorial house-styles , code-switching, translation strategies, and transmission processes. The book offers important new insights into vernacularisation phenomena, and makes a significant methodological contribution to corpus linguistics. It will be welcomed by historical linguists and medievalists alike.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 anlC)