John palsgrave as renaissance linguist: a pioneer in vernacular language description
Auteur :
Stein, Gabriele
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198235057
Date de publication :
17 juil. 1997
Dimensions :
24,3 x 16,3 x 3,4 cm
Poids :
972 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
When Henry VIII charged John Palsgrave with teaching his sister French, there were no dictionaries or grammars of either French or English. In "Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse" he provided the first bilingual dictionary of the two languages. This book is a detailed study of his achievement.