'Les cent nouvelles nouvelles' : a linguistic study of MS Glasgow Hunter 252
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: âąPresenting elements of linguistic interest within the document (dialectalisms, archaisms, rare features, cultural references, etc.), through a comprehensive survey of phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. âąExpanding and reassessing existing theories on orthographic standardisation and dialectal input in written and, more speculatively, spoken Middle French. âąProviding scriptological evidence towards the localisation of other textual resources within the online 'Dictionnaire du moyen francÌ§ais (1330-1500)'. âąInvestigating the authenticity of the mise-en-sceÌne of the 'Cent Nouvelles
Roger, Geoffrey
P Philology. Linguistics ; PQ Romance literatures ; PC Romance languages
'Les cent nouvelles nouvelles' : a linguistic study of MS Glasgow Hunter 252. 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: âąPresenting elements of linguistic interest within the document (dialectalisms, archaisms, rare features, cultural references, etc.), through a comprehensive survey of phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. âąExpanding and reassessing existing theories on orthographic standardisation and dialectal input in written and, more speculatively, spoken Middle French. âąProviding scriptological evidence towards the localisation of other textual resources within the online 'Dictionnaire du moyen francÌ§ais (1330-1500)'. âąInvestigating the authenticity of the mise-en-sceÌne of the 'Cent Nouvelles
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