IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 220: Linguistic Boundaries, Speaking of Borders, I: Text / Orality / Semantics
Monday 4 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Roderick McDonald, Independent Scholar, Sheffield |
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Moderator/Chair: | Roderick McDonald, Independent Scholar, Sheffield |
Paper 220-a | How Old is Gøtudansk?: Early Evidence for Language Mixing on the Faroe Islands (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality |
Paper 220-b | An Englishman in Paris: Manuscripts and Multilingualism in John of Garland's Dictionarius (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Latin |
Abstract | This panel examines the relationships between oral and textual usage, and interactions between linguistic communities. Vrieland considers early medieval evidence for the interaction between Faroese and Danish. The session continues with Seiler and Wallis (co-presenters) and Pagan examining John of Garland's C13th Dictionarius for insights into language teaching and textual communities. Paper -b is co-authored by Annina Seiler (Englisches Seminar, Universität Zürich), Christine Wallis (School of English, University of Sheffield), and Heather Pagan (Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University). |