Introduction to Old English [[electronic resource] /] / Peter S. Baker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461435903321
• Autore: Baker Peter S (Peter Stuart), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• ISBN: 1-4443-5420-5; 1-283-37602-4; 9786613376022; 1-4443-5419-1
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 429/.82421
• Soggetti: English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100; English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Grammar; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introductionto Old English; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; How to use this book; Chapter 1The Anglo-Saxonsand Their Language; 1.1 Who were they?; 1.2 Where did their language come from?; 1.3 What was Old English like?; 1.3.1 The Indo-European languages; 1.3.2 The Germanic languages; 1.3.3 West Germanic and Low German; 1.3.4 Old and Modern English; 1.4 Old English dialects; Chapter 2; 2.1 Quick start; 2.1.1 Vowels and diphthongs; 2.1.2 Consonants; 2.1.3 Sermonette; 2.2 More about vowels; 2.2.1 Short a, ae and ea; 2.2.2 I-mutation; 2.2.3 Silent e; o for u2.3 More about c and g; 2.4 Syllable length; 2.5 Accentuation; 2.6 On-line pronunciation practice; 2.7 Summary; Chapter 3; 3.1 Parts of speech; 3.1.1 Nouns; 3.1.2 Pronouns; 3.1.3 Verbs; 3.1.4 Adjectives; 3.1.5 Adverbs; 3.1.6 Prepositions; 3.1.7 Conjunctions; 3.1.8 Interjections; 3.2 Phrases; 3.3 Clauses; 3.4 Elements of the sentence or clause; 3.4.1 Subject; 3.4.2 Verb; 3.4.3 Object; 3.4.4 Complement; 3.4.5 Predicate; Chapter 4; 4.1 What is case?; 4.2 Uses of the cases; 4.2.1 Nominative; 4.2.2 Accusative; 4.2.3 Genitive; 4.2.4 Dative; 4.2.5 Instrumental; Chapter 5; 5.1 Quick start; 5.1.1 Personal pronouns5.1.2 Possessive adjectives; 5.1.3 ; Demonstrative pronouns; 5.2 More about personal and demonstrative pronouns; 5.2.1 The dual number; 5.2.2 Common spelling variants; 5.3 Interrogative pronouns; 5.4 Indefinite pronouns; 5.5 Relative pronouns; 5.6 Reflexive pronouns; 5.7 Reciprocal pronouns; Chapter 6; 6.1 Quick start; 6.1.1 Strong nouns; 6.1.2 Weak nouns; 6.1.3 Athematic nouns; 6.1.4 The noun phrase; 6.2 More about strong nouns; 6.2.1 Two-syllable nouns; 6.2.2 Nouns with changes in the stem syllable; 6.2.3 Nouns with -w- or -v- before the ending; 6.3 Minor declensions; 6.3.1 u-stem nouns6.3.2 Nouns of relationship; 6.3.3 Nouns with -r- plurals; 6.3.4 Nouns with -6- endings; Chapter 7; 7.1 Quick start; 7.1.1 Strong and weak verbs; 7.1.2 Bbon 'to be'; 7.1.3 Preterite-present verbs; 7.2 More about endings; 7.2.1 Assimilation; 7.2.2 Plurals ending in -e; 7.2.3 Subjunctive plural endings; 7.3 More about weak verbs; 7.3.1 Classes 1 and 2; 7.3.2 Class 1 weak verbs that change their vowels; 7.3.3 Contracted verbs; 7.3.4 Class 3 weak verbs; 7.4 More about strong verbs; 7.4.1 The strong verb classes; 7.4.2 Verbs affected by grammatical alternation; 7.4.3 Contracted verbs7.4.4 Tips on strong verbs; 7.5 Verbs with weak presents and strong pasts; 7.6 More about preterite-present verbs; 7.7 Ddn, gan, willan; 7.8 Negation; 7.9 The verbals; 7.9.1 Infinitives; 7.9.2 Participles; 7.10 The subjunctive; Chapter 8; 8.1 Quick start; 8.2 Strong adjectives; 8.3 Weak adjectives; 8.4 Comparison of adjectives; 8.5 The adjective in the noun phrase; Chapter 9; 9.1 Quick start; 9.2 Cardinal numbers; 9.3 Ordinal numbers; Chapter 10; 10.1 Quick start; 10.2 Adverbs; 10.2.1 Comparison of adverbs; 10.3 Conjunctions; 10.4 Correlation; 10.5 Prepositions; Chapter 11
• Sommario/riassunto: Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a "minitext" feature to aid studen