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LANGUAGE, POWER AND AUTHORITY

LANGUAGE, POWER AND AUTHORITY. LECTURE 3 MANIERE DE LANGAGE. Provencal -- Occitan. Canto uno chato de Prouvenco Dins lis amour de sa jouvenco A traves de la Crau, vers la mar, dins li blad. Umble escoulas dou grand Oumero Ieu la vole segui …. Provencal.

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LANGUAGE, POWER AND AUTHORITY

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  1. LANGUAGE, POWER AND AUTHORITY LECTURE 3 MANIERE DE LANGAGE

  2. Provencal -- Occitan Canto uno chato de Prouvenco Dins lis amour de sa jouvenco A traves de la Crau, vers la mar, dins li blad. Umble escoulas dou grand Oumero Ieu la vole segui …..

  3. Provencal Un ome avia pas que dos drolles. Lo plus jove diguet a son paire: ‘Es ora per ieu de me governar sol e d’aver d’argent: me cal poder partir e veser de pais. Despartissetz lo vostre ben e donatz-me co que devi aver.’ ‘O mon filh, diguet lo paire, ‘coma voldras tu; sias un marrit e seras castigat.’ Apuei dubriguet une tireta, despartiguet lo sieu ben e ne faguet doas parts.

  4. Roger Bacon, in 1260 Quod proprie et intelligibiliter dicitur in idomate Picardorum horrescit apud Burgundos …..! What is correctly and intelligibly expressed in the Picard dialect is unpleasant to Burgundians …..

  5. “French” -- Francian Mis lenguages est bons car en France fui nez Mainte belle dame cortoise Bien parlant en langue francoise ….

  6. “French” -- Francian Si m’escuse de mon langage Rude, malostru et sauvage, Car nes ne sui pas de Paris.

  7. KOINE

  8. CHAUCER’S PRIORESS • And fair she spoke her French and fluently After the school of Stratford-at-the-Bow; (The French of Paris - that she didn`t know).

  9. Languages spoken in England • Latin: for learned and academic purposes • French: gave cachet, social distinction • English: for rustics …….

  10. French in England Those that in this lande wone That they Latyn no Frankys cone …..

  11. Greetings ….. Tresbien, mon signeur, Dieu mercy et la vostre, et mieulx que je vous vei en bonne sante du corps

  12. How to describe a lady … deux tresbelles et tresbien et gracieusement entaillez du corps et aussi gresles ….

  13. How to tell the time … …. car il est desja pres une heure apres mynuyt …..

  14. Liber Donati Auxi, sir, je toy enseigne de comune language et d’autre maner de parlance et dez diverse choses, de bestez et de gaynerye issint que de parler droit. Vous ne failerez mye se traiez vous a bon company et guerpezle maveisez et lour folie.

  15. French pronunciation …. Item l et r aliquando geminabuntur in scriptura et non in sono, ut celle, elle, terre (lond), guerre (warre) debent sonari tere, gere, ele, cele, etc.

  16. Mistakes in Maniere de langage • En ce maniere ….. • Me ditez vous ….. • Je les donnroi de l’or et de l’argent …. • Car je vous promette que je ne fera ja de vilaynie ….

  17. Summary • By 1396, “proper” French recognised • “Proper” French is Francian – language of the Ile de France • “Proper” French is needed for commerce, law ….. • But needs to be learnt by Burgundians, Picards …. • French now less wide-spread in England

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