دانلود کتاب ’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:
- Presenting elements of linguistic interest within the document (dialectalisms,
archaisms, rare features, cultural references, etc.), through a comprehensive
survey of phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.
- Expanding and reassessing existing theories on orthographic standardisation
and dialectal input in written and, more speculatively, spoken Middle French.
- Providing scriptological evidence towards the localisation of other textual
resources within the online Dictionnaire du moyen français (1330-1500).
- Investigating the authenticity of the mise-en-scène of the Cent Nouvelles
Nouvelles; reflecting on linguistic practices and note-taking at the Court of
Burgundy.
- Exploring spoken language as rendered by direct speech passages, with
special consideration of linguistic variation and stereotyping.
- Publishing textual databases for future analysis (tables of main spelling
variants, alphabetical list of words, etc.).