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UNINA9910796640803321 |
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Titolo |
The History of English. . Volume 2, Old English / / Laurel Brinton, Alexander Bergs |
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Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-052305-1 |
3-11-052530-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Mouton Reader ; ; Volume 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Early Modern English |
English historical linguistics |
Middle English |
Old English |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Pre-Old English -- Chapter 3: Old English: Overview -- Chapter 4: Phonology -- Chapter 5: Morphology -- Chapter 6: Syntax -- Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon -- Chapter 8: Pragmatics and Discourse -- Chapter 9: Dialects -- Chapter 10: Language Contact: Latin -- Chapter 11: English Contact: Norse -- Chapter 12: Standardization -- Chapter 13: Literary Language -- Chapter 14: Early Textual Resources -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The volume provides an in-depth account of Old English, organized by linguistic level. Individual chapters investigate the state-of-the art in the linguistics of Old English and explore key areas of debate such as dialectology, language contact, standardization, and literary language. The volume sets the scene with a chapter on pre-Old English and ends with a chapter discussing textual resources available for the study of earlier English. |
This volume provides an in-depth account of Old English, organized by linguistic level. Individual chapters, written by recognized experts in the field, review the state of the art in phonological, morphological, |
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syntactic, and semantic studies of Old English. Key areas of debate, including dialectology, language contact, standardization, and literary language, are also explored. The volume sets the scene with a chapter on pre-Old English and ends with a chapter discussing textual resources available for the study of earlier English. |
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