| Project/Area Number |
10551014
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Teikyo University (1999-2000)
The University of Tokyo (1998) |
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Principal Investigator |
KUBOUCHI Tadao Teikyo University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90017624)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOBAYASHI Ayako Tokyo Kasei University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00215310)
IKEGAMI Keiko Seijo University, Junior College, Professor, 短期大学部, 教授 (00119356)
OHTA Yoshiko Komazawa Women's Junior College, Professor, 教授 (80310332)
SCAHILL John Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90231068)
ONO Shoko Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 文理学部, 教授 (90152529)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 2000
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| Keywords | Transition Period / Early English textual studies / manuscript evidence / variant manuscript texts / manuscript text corpus / diplomatic parallel texts / electronic texts / history of English |
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| Research Abstract |
For historical linguists, the transition period between Old and Middle English remains poorly understood, because of the shortage of written evidence. In this situation, the long prose text known as Ancrene Wisse is of great importance, not least because of the number of surviving manuscripts, quite exceptional for an Early Middle English work. Small differences in dating, provenance and scribal habits between the manuscripts allow us to track with unequalled detail the changes and variations that were occurring in the English of this period. To have the texts available in parallel electronic form will provide a valuable tool for the historical study of English.
Our publications to date are : Electronic Parallel Diplomatic Manuscript Texts of Ancrene Wisse, Preface and Parts 1-3 : A Printed Trial Version (Tokyo Medieval Manuscript Reading Group, 2000) and Electronic Parallel Diplomatic Manuscript Texts of Ancrene Wisse, Part 4 : A Printed Trial Version (Tokyo Medieval Manuscript Reading Group, 2001).
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