Medical and Scientific Writing in Late

The late Middle Ages in England saw a flowering of scientific writing in the vernacular that moved English discourse in new directions and established new textual genres. This book examines the sociolinguistic causes and effects of that process, based on the empirical evidence from manuscripts and computerized files. Topics covered include scriptorial "house-styles", code-switching, translation strategies, and transmission processes. The book offers important new insights into vernacularization phenomena, and will be welcomed by historical linguists and medievalists alike.

Vernacularisation of scientific and medical writing in its sociohistorical context
Discourse communities and medical texts
Transferring classical discourse forms into the vernacular
Code-switching in medieval medical writing
Entrances and exits in English medical vocabulary, 1400-1550
Herbal recipes and recipes in herbals - intertextuality in early English medical writing
Middle English recipes: vernacularisation of a text-type
The 'Declaracions' of Richard of Wallingford: A case study of a Middle English astrological treatise
Scriptorial 'house-styles' and discourse communities
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Medical and Scientific Writing in Late Medieval English

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