Michael Foster

List of John Benjamins publications in which Michael Foster is involved.

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New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (Ottawa, 1–3 October 1984)

Edited by William Cowan, Michael Foster and E.F.K. Koerner †

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edward Sapir (1884-1939) a conference was held in the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada, where Sapir had his office for most of his time as Chief of the Anthropological Division of the Geographical Survey of Canada (1910-1925). This… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 41] 1986. xiv, 627 pp.

Articles

Foster, Michael 2005 Chaucer's narrators and audiences: Self-deprecating discourse in Book of the Duchess and House of Fame Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past, Skaffari, Janne, Matti Peikola, Ruth Carroll, Risto Hiltunen and Brita Wårvik (eds.), pp. 199–213 | Article

Chaucer's narrator-persona has been a central theme in Chaucerian scholarship; the persona has traditionally been seen as a mask behind which the poet hides. Within this essay it is argued that the narrators of theBook of the DuchessandHouse of Fameare a type of social mask, and that by… read more

Foster, Michael 1986 Edward Sapir and the Museum New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (Ottawa, 1–3 October 1984), Cowan, William, Michael Foster and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 609–616 | Article