Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book, a collection of papers on various aspects of Middle English, is the only work of the kind ever published in the history of English studies. Ranging from phonology to dialectology and more general matters, such as the chronological delimination of the period, the book contains a selection of papers prepared for the First International Conference on Middle English, held at Rydzyna (Poland) in 1994. Besides theoretical and abstract contributions the reader will also find more traditional, data-oriented, treatments. The volume represents a successful attempt to move Middle English studies a step forward and will be appreciated by students of Middle English.