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Article: Surgical narrative in Middle English.(writings of ...
ANQ;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Arderne). Only one of the four Middle English translations of his original Latin ... surgery. Finally, by comparing the Middle English version of this story with its ... a tonsured figure naked to the waist and a round sore on his right breast ...

Article: The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlists ...
The Modern Language Review;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist xiii: Manuscripts ... M. O'MARA. (The Index of Middle English Prose) Cambridge: Brewer. 1999 ... 85991-547-6. The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist XIV: Manuscripts ...

Article: An introduction to Middle English.(Book Review)
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...An introduction to Middle English. By Simon Horobin and Jeremy ... the matters strictly concerning Middle English, without having to dwell upon ... as a linguistic introduction to Middle English for undergraduate students who ...

Article: Composite Predicates and idiomatisation in Middle ...
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... observed in the studies on this topic in Middle English (Matsumoto 1999: 92; Tanabe 1999 ... structures with the verb to make used in Middle English, on the basis of the evidence provided by the Middle English section of the Helsinki Corpus of ...

Morey, James H. Book and Verse: a Guide to Middle English ...
ANQ;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... biblical material available to and used by Middle English writers. It concentrates on materials ... Morey's compilation are not so much Middle English biblical texts themselves, but indexes ... predominantly) the Manual of the Writings in Middle English, the Index of Middle ...

Article: The Prose 'Brut': The Development of a Middle ...
The Modern Language Review;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Prose 'Brut': The Development of a Middle English Chronicle. By LISTER M. MATHESON ... to fill one of the largest gaps in Middle English studies and vernacular historical writing ... Writing (Manual of the Writings in Middle English, VIII (1989)) have provided useful ...

Article: The pre-verbal I- in early Middle English: an ...
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... works on the pre-verbal i-/y- in Middle English which usually attempt to explain the ... is to ascertain whether in the early Middle English period verbs had to meet any formal ... with those preceded by i- in Early Middle English. 1. Introduction The number of different ...