Nuancing Northern Middle English : scribal language and variation in northern manuscripts of the Pricke of Conscience

This thesis investigates the concept of the Northern Middle English dialect area as largely homogenous, taking its core data from four Northern manuscripts of the devotional poem, the Pricke of Conscience. Due largely to a lack of localised manuscripts from this region, the NME area has been little-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilbert, Emma Louise
Other Authors: Da Rold, Orietta; Shaw, Philip
Published: University of Leicester 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617617