The Sixth International Conference on Middle English
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Event The Sixth International Conference on Middle English Dates July 24 — 26, 2008 Venue University of Cambridge, UK Organizer University of Cambridge Plenary speakers * Margaret Laing, professor of Middle English language, The University of Edinburgh, UK, and Roger Lass, professor emeritus of linguistics, University of Cape Town, South Africa (Shape-shifting, sound-change and the genesis of prodigal writing systems) * Gabriella Mazzon, associate professor of English language and linguistics, the University of Cagliari, Italy (Now what? Aspects of Middle English dialogue studies) * Ad Putter, professor of Middle English language, University of Bristol, UK (The problem of stress in Piers Plowman and alliterative verse) About the conference The conference will cover all aspects of the study of Middle English language and texts, providing a common forum for scholars from disciplines such as historical English linguistics and the study of Middle English literature and culture. Topics * Compiling and the Canterbury Tales: linguistic, textual, and literary observations * The suffix -ish: its development and productivity in Middle English * Reciprocal and reflexive strategies in Middle English * The emergence of semantically motivated zero plurals in Middle English * The electronic editing of Medieval English works: textual scholarship and textual criticism * On the origin of evil and its competition with bad in Middle English * The development of be going to into a fixed semi-auxiliary of the future * Elaboration of an electronic corpus of northern English texts from Old to Early Modern English Conference fee ￡45 ($89) Contact For more information, go to http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/icome6 |  |
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