A guide to Old English / Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. Robinson.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.Edition: 7th edDescription: xvi, 432 pContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781405146906 (pbk.)
- 1405146907 (pbk.)
- 429 MIT
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The seventh edition of this popular introduction to Old English language and literature retains the general structure and style of previous editions, but has been updated, and includes two new, much-requested texts: the Cotton Gnomes and Wulfstan's Sermo Lupia ad Anglos - and two new appendices: A List of Linguistic Terms Used in This Book and The Moods of Old English.
Provides a range of helpful pedagogical tools: a map of Anglo-Saxon England, notes, a glossary, indexes to Part I, and a general introduction to Anglo-Saxon studies.
Contains a special "How to Use this Guide" section, to aid both self-study and classroom use.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword to the Sixth Edition.Foreword to the Seventh Edition.Map of Anglo-Saxon England.Abbreviations and Symbols.How to Use this Guide
- Part I
- 1 Preliminary Remarks on the Language
- 2 Orthography and Pronunciation
- i Orthography
- ii Stress
- iii Vowels
- iv Diphthongs
- v Consonants
- 3 Inflexions.Introduction
- i Pronouns
- ii Nouns and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them:
- Weak Nouns
- Some Technical Terms
- Strong Nouns like stA?n (Masc.) and scip (Neut.)
- Masculine and Neuter Nouns in -e.Strong Feminine Nouns
- i-Mutation
- Nouns Affected by i-Mutation
- u-Nouns
- iii Adjectives:
- Introduction
- Weak Declension
- Strong Declension
- Stem Changes in Adjectives
- Comparison of Adjectives
- iv Observations on Noun, Adjective, and Pronoun Declensions
- v Numerals
- vi Strong Verbs and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them:
- Introduction
- Principal Parts of the Strong Verbs
- Breaking
- Influence of Initial A!, sc, A?
- Influence of Nasals
- Summary of the Strong Verbs of Class III
- The Effects of Sound-Changes on Other Strong Verbs
- Strong Verbs of Class VII
- Grimm's Law and Verner's Law
- Conjugation of the Strong Verb
- vii Weak Verbs and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them:
- Introduction
- Class 1
- Class 2
- Class 3
- viii Anomalous Verbs:
- BA?on.D??n and gA?n
- Willan
- Preterite-Present Verbs
- ix Is a Verb Strong or Weak? To which Class does it Belong?
- x Adverbs:
- Formation
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Bruce Mitchell is Fellow Emeritus at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University.