Irma Taavitsainen

Placing Middle English in Context - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Irma Taavitsainen Reprint 2011 edition

Publisher Marketing: This text reflects the present state-of-the-art in Middle English linguistics. Internal processes of linguistic change are assessed in their context in relation to socio-historical, sociocultural, textual, situational, as well as regional and contact-based factors causing variation in language. Review Citations:

Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 214 (EAN 9783110167801, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Taavitsainen, Irma Irma Taavitsainen is Professor Emerita of English Philology at the University of Helsinki. Contributor Bio:  Nevalainen, Terttu Terttu Nevalainen is professor of English philology at the University of Helsinki and has taught the history of English in Finland and in England. Contributor Bio:  Pahta, Paivi Paivi Pahta is Professor of English Philology in the School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies at the University of Tampere. Contributor Bio:  Rissanen, Matti Matti Rissanen is Emeritus Professor of English Philology at the University of Helsinki and a team leader in the Research Unit for the Study of Variation, Contacts and Change in English, at the same university. His research interests include long-term diachronic development of English syntax and grammatical vocabulary and the compilation of historical corpora. Contributor Bio:  Pahta, P IVI P ivi Pahta is Research Fellow in the multidisciplinary Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and a member of the Research Unit for Variation and Change in English, both at the University of Helsinki.