Your Very First ESP Text (Wherein Chaucer Explaineth the Astrolabe)
- Author / Editor
- Banks, David.
Your Very First ESP Text (Wherein Chaucer Explaineth the Astrolabe)
- Published
- ASp [Anglais de spécialité]: La revue du GERAS 15-18 (1997): 451-60.
- Description
- Banks gauges the place of Astr in the development of English scientific prose, tabulating grammatical metaphors, verbal nouns (ending with -ing), passive voice, personal pronouns, and instructional syntax (an infinitive clause followed by an imperative clause). Treats Astr as a "how-it-works" manual, comparing it with modern examples.
- Lightly revised version entitled "Beginning with Chaucer" in David Banks, The Development of Scientific Writing: Linguistic Features and Historical Context (Oakville, Conn.: Equinox, 2008), pp. 23-35.
- Alternative Title
- "Beginning with Chaucer."
- Development of Scientific Writing: Linguistic Features and Historical Context.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Treatise on the Astrolabe
- Language and Word Studies