Paul Christophersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3969701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Christophersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Christophersen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTOPHERSEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1939 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two sound changes in England
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The Spoken Word in International Contacts in Carolingian Europe
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‘Native’ models and foreign learners
A consideration of ‘nativeness’, ‘foreignness’, expertise and language allegiance
A bilingual Denmark
What happens in a small country when every citizen speaks English as well as the national language
The Germanic heritage
An assessment of what English has inherited from Anglo-Saxon, Low German and the Scandinavian languages
The cohorts are coming
Dorothy Sayers would surely have turned in her grave if she could have heard, as I did a few months ago, a BBC announcer introducing a dramatization of her story Gaudy Night by a few remarks about the heroine, Harriet Vane, and her ‘cohort’, Lord Peter Wimsey. Or perhaps she would have been convulsed with laughter at the absurd contrast between Lord Peter in his sober Savile Row suit and the cohorts in Byron's well-known lines: The Assyrian came …
‘Native speakers’ and world English
Do both the public and the scholarly uses of the phrases ‘native language’ and ‘native speaker’ need to be revised or even superseded
In defence of RP
Received Pronunciation or BBC English has long been the prestige voice of British English and the model offered to foreigners learning the language. In recent years, however, RP has been in retreat, and a former professor of English – of Danish background – presents the case for protecting and preserving it
Reader's response
The OED supplement: Some comments
A note on the construction ‘adjective + a + noun’
English in West Africa: Review article
The scansion of two lines in Chaucer
Brief mention
Geschiedenis van de Engelse Literatuur. Door T. A. BIRRELL. Utrecht‐Antwerpen: Prisma‐Boeken. 1961. 243 pp. The Famous Pathologist or the Noble Mountebank by Thomas Alcock and John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Edited by VIVIAN DE SOLA PINTO. (Nottingham University Miscellany No. 1.) Published by Sisson and Parker for the University of Nottingham. 1961. 42 pp. Price 5s. Das Heutige Englisch. Wesenszüge und Probleme. Von E. LEISI. Zweite Auflage. Hei…
Some special West African English words 1
(1953). Some special West African English words. English Studies: Vol. 34, No. 1-6, pp. 282-291
The glottal stop in English
The articles: A study of their theory and use in English.
The glottal stop in English
A note on the construction ‘adjective + a + noun’
Some special West African English words 1
(1953). Some special West African English words. English Studies: Vol. 34, No. 1-6, pp. 282-291
The articles: A study of their theory and use in English.
The glottal stop in English
Some special West African English words 1
(1953). Some special West African English words. English Studies: Vol. 34, No. 1-6, pp. 282-291
Brief mention
Geschiedenis van de Engelse Literatuur. Door T. A. BIRRELL. Utrecht‐Antwerpen: Prisma‐Boeken. 1961. 243 pp. The Famous Pathologist or the Noble Mountebank by Thomas Alcock and John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Edited by VIVIAN DE SOLA PINTO. (Nottingham University Miscellany No. 1.) Published by Sisson and Parker for the University of Nottingham. 1961. 42 pp. Price 5s. Das Heutige Englisch. Wesenszüge und Probleme. Von E. LEISI. Zweite Auflage. Hei…
The scansion of two lines in Chaucer
English in West Africa: Review article
A note on the construction ‘adjective + a + noun’
The OED supplement: Some comments
Reader's response
In defence of RP
Received Pronunciation or BBC English has long been the prestige voice of British English and the model offered to foreigners learning the language. In recent years, however, RP has been in retreat, and a former professor of English – of Danish background – presents the case for protecting and preserving it
‘Native speakers’ and world English
Do both the public and the scholarly uses of the phrases ‘native language’ and ‘native speaker’ need to be revised or even superseded
The cohorts are coming
Dorothy Sayers would surely have turned in her grave if she could have heard, as I did a few months ago, a BBC announcer introducing a dramatization of her story Gaudy Night by a few remarks about the heroine, Harriet Vane, and her ‘cohort’, Lord Peter Wimsey. Or perhaps she would have been convulsed with laughter at the absurd contrast between Lord Peter in his sober Savile Row suit and the cohorts in Byron's well-known lines: The Assyrian came …
The Germanic heritage
An assessment of what English has inherited from Anglo-Saxon, Low German and the Scandinavian languages
A bilingual Denmark
What happens in a small country when every citizen speaks English as well as the national language
The Spoken Word in International Contacts in Carolingian Europe
Preview this article: The Spoken Word in International Contacts in Carolingian Europe, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/nowele.20.04chr-1.gif
‘Native’ models and foreign learners
A consideration of ‘nativeness’, ‘foreignness’, expertise and language allegiance
Two sound changes in England
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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