Here at last is the first systematic study of the teaching and learning of Latin in thirteenth century England based on evidence from nearly 200 manuscripts where the text has been glossed in the vernacular. These glosses providethe key to discovering the linguistic competence and interest of students at an elementary level: men and women who needed a working knowledge of Latin for practical purposes. The received view that Latin was the exclusive language of the schoolroom is shown to be mistaken and the exhaustive recording of the vernacular glosses provides a hitherto untapped source of lexical materials in French and Middle English. Teaching and Learning Latin is destined to become an essential source-book for medievalists interested in language, literacy and culture.
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-0-85991-338-6 (9780859913386)
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The auctores and the "Liber Catonianus"; the grammars; Adam of Petit Pont's "De Utensilibus"; Alexander Nequam's "De Nominibus Utensilium"; John of Garland's "Dictionarius"; John of Garland's "Unus Omnium".