Introduction to Old English / / Peter S. Baker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962801503321
• Autore: Baker Peter S (Peter Stuart), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• ISBN: 9781444354195; 1444354191
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 398 p
• Disciplina: 429/.82421
• Soggetti: English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Grammar; English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to Old English -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- How to use this book -- Chapter 1 The Anglo-Saxons and 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 u -- 2.3 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 pronouns -- 5.1.2 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 nouns -- 6.3.2 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 verbs -- 7.4.4 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 -- 11.1 Quick start -- 11.2 Subject and verb -- 11.2.1 Impersonal verbs -- 11.3 Pronoun and antecedent -- 11.4 Noun and modifiers -- 11.5 Bad grammar? -- Chapter 12 -- 12.1 Quick start -- 12.2 Subject-Verb -- 12.3 Verb-Subject -- 12.4 Subject . . . Verb -- 12.5 Correlation -- 12.6 Anticipation -- 12.7 Periphrastic verbs -- Chapter 13 -- 13.1 Alliteration -- 13.2 Rhythm -- 13.2.1 Lifts, half-lifts and drops -- 13.2.2 Rhythmic types -- 13.2.3 Hypermetric verses.; Chapter 14 -- 14.1 Vocabulary -- 14.2 Variation -- 14.3 Formulas -- 14.3.1 Phrases -- 14.3.2 Themes -- 14.3.3 Originality and quality -- Chapter 15 -- 15.1 Inflections -- 15.1.1 Pronouns -- 15.1.2 Verbs -- 15.1.3 Adjectives -- 15.2 Syntax -- 15.2.1 Omission of subjects and objects -- 15.2.2 Omission of prepositions -- 15.2.3 Adjectives used as nouns -- 15.2.4 Word-order -- 15.2.5 Independent and subordinate clauses -- Chapter 16 -- 16.1 Manuscripts -- 16.1.1 Construction of the manuscript -- 16.1.2 The Old English alphabet -- 16.1.3 Abbreviations -- 16.1.4 Punctuation and capitalization -- 16.1.5 Word- and line-division -- 16.1.6 Errors and corrections -- 16.2 Runes -- 16.3 Other inscriptions -- Appendix A Common Spelling Variants -- A.1 Vowels of accented syllables -- A.2 Unaccented syllables -- A.3 Consonants -- Appendix B Phonetic Symbols and Terms -- B.1 International Phonetic Alphabet symbols -- B.2 Phonetic terms -- Appendix C Further Reading -- C.1 General works -- C.2 Grammars -- C.3 Dictionaries and concordances -- C.4 Bibliographies -- C.5 Old English texts and translations -- C.6 Literary criticism -- sources and analogues -- metre -- C.7 History and culture -- C.8 Manuscripts, art and archaeology -- C.9 On-line aids -- C.10 On-line amusements -- Anthology -- 1 The Fall of Adam and Eve -- 2 The Life of St Athelthryth -- 3 Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- 4 The Martyrdom of Alfheah -- 5 Sermo Lupi ad Anglos -- 6 King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care -- 7 Ohthere and Wulfstan -- 8 The Story of Cadmon -- 9 Boethius on Fame -- 10 A Selection of Riddles -- 11 The Battle of ; Maldon -- 12 The Wanderer -- 13 The Dream of the Rood -- 14 The Battle of Finnesburh -- 15 Waldere -- 16 Wulf and Eadwacer -- 17 The Wife's Lament -- 18 The Husband's Message -- 19 Judith -- Textual Notes -- Index.
• 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 students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care.

Nicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars) : a critical edition of Oresme's treatise on optics and atmospheric refraction / / with an introduction, commentary, and English translation by Dan Burton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953832503321
• Autore: Oresme Nicole <approximately 1320-1382.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-40051-3; 9786611400514; 90-474-1089-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Collana: Medieval and early modern science, , 1567-8393 ; ; v. 7
• Altri autori (Persone): BurtonDan
• Disciplina: 535
• Soggetti: Optics; Refraction, Astronomical; Science, Medieval
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-282) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / D. Burton -- Chapter I. Introduction / D. Burton ; -- Chapter II. Nicole Oresme’S Life And Works / D. Burton -- Chapter III. The Writing Of De Visione Stellarum: Author, Date, Titles, And Influence / D. Burton -- Chapter IV. Overview And Commentary Onoresme’S De Visione Stellarum / D. Burton -- Chapter V. Manuscripts / D. Burton -- Chapter VI. Editorial Procedures / D. Burton -- Chapter VII. Citation List Of Authors Quoted Or Alluded To In Oresme’S De Visione Stellarum / D. Burton -- Part II. Nicole Oresme’S De Visione Stellarum Latin Critical Edition With English Translation / D. Burton -- Part III. Bibliography And Indices / D. Burton.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this critical edition and translation of Nicole Oresme’s On Seeing the Stars , the renowned 14th-century natural philosopher proposes that the stars are not where they seem. And perhaps nothing is where it seems. In this earliest treatise on atmospheric refraction, Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve this vexing problem of astronomy. He is the first to propose that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere – two centuries before Hooke and Newton, who are credited with the discovery. Further, he calls all sense data into doubt. Oresme’s argument concerning the curvature of light is a major milestone in the history of science, confirming that Oresme was one of the most innovative scientists of the pre-modern world.