This book examines the development of English as a written vernacular and identifies it as a process of community building that occurred in a multilingual context. Moving from the 8th13th centuries, to the 16thcentury antiquarians who collected medieval manuscripts, it suggests that this period in the history of English can only be understood if we loosen insistence on a sharp divide between Old and Middle English and place the textuality in the framework of a multilingual matrix. It argues that the tension of linguistic distance provides necessary energy for the communitybuilding activities of annotation and glossing, translation, compilation, and other uses of texts and manuscripts.

Binding: Hardcover;212 pages; Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales); Classification: CFB; Weight: 546 g; Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 18

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