Jones, Marie Claire (1997) An Analysis of the Language and Style of a Late-Medieval Medical Recipe Book: Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 117. MPhil(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.
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Abstract
This dissertation is a textual analysis of a fifteenth-century medical recipe book, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 117. The language of selected texts is analysed and a general structure for the texts is established. The linguistic features discussed may have aided the medieval practitioner to make practical use of a book which initially seems too random and disorganised to be of any assistance in the work of a doctor. The approach to the texts is influenced by modern techniques of discourse analysis, and is intended to illustrate aspects of the levels and use of literacy by members of a professional class in the later Middle Ages. Such linguistic study helps to define potential audience, which is a problem for many scholars dealing with medieval medical and scientific texts.
Item Type: | Thesis (MPhil(R)) |
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Qualification Level: | Masters |
Additional Information: | Adviser: Kathryn Lowe |
Keywords: | British & Irish literature, Medieval literature |
Date of Award: | 1997 |
Depositing User: | Enlighten Team |
Unique ID: | glathesis:1997-74513 |
Copyright: | Copyright of this thesis is held by the author. |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2019 18:00 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2019 18:00 |
URI: | https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/74513 |
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