The earliest English : an introduction to Old English language / / Chris McCully and Sharon Hilles |
Autore | McCully C. B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 429/.82 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillesSharon |
Collana | Learning about Language |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Grammar English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-87698-9
1-315-83847-8 1-317-87697-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; List of symbols and a note on conventions; Abbreviations; Using this book; UNIT 1: Thinking about the earliest English; 1.0 Preliminaries; 1.1 Uniformity and change; 1.2 Initial terminology; 1.3 Old English poetry; 1.4 Reading passage; 1.5 Words, words, words; 1.6 Pronouncing Old English; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading; UNIT 2: History, culture, language origins; 2.0 Reading passage; 2.1 Some history; 2.2 A language-family tree; 2.3 The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy; Summary
Study questions websites; further reading; UNIT 3: Nouns; 3.0 Mercenaries and settlers; 3.1 The Germania; 3.2 The Germania and the Anglo-Saxons; 3.3 Local shires and their politics; 3.4 Women; 3.5 Reading passage; 3.6 Inflections, nouns and grammatical roles; 3.7 Inflections in other languages; 3.8 Articles in OE; 3.9 More on OE articles, noun inflections and grammatical case; 3.10 Inflections on OE nouns; 3.11 Additional noun declensions in OE; 3.12 Pronouns; 3.13 NPs, nominals, strong and weak adjectives; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading Appendix 1: At-a-glance guide to OE inflections - nouns and adjectivesUNIT 4: Verbs; 4.0 The conversion of England; 4.1 Influence of the Celtic church; 4.2 The convergence of the Celtic and Roman traditions; 4.3 Reading passage (1); 4.4 Word order and pronouns in OE; 4.5 OE verbs: present participles; 4.6 Relative clauses; 4.7 Thou and you in OE; 4.8 OE and PDE verbs; 4.9 'Less regular' verbs; 4.10 Still more on OE verbs; 4.11 Weak verbs; 4.12 Reading passage (2); 4.13 Comments on reading passage (2) - the subjunctive; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading Appendix 2: At-a-glance guide to OE inflections - verbsINTERLUDE: Working with dictionaries; UNIT 5: OE metrics; 5.0 Overview of OE metre; 5.1 Stress in OE; 5.2 Syllables in OE and PDE; 5.3 Syllables and alliteration; 5.4 How half-lines end: poetic closure in OE; 5.5 Resolution; 5.6 The concept of metrical position in OE verse; 5.7 Half-line patterns that never occur; 5.8 The Five Types; 5.9 Secondary stress, metrical position and 'L'; 5.10 Stress, L and alliteration; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading; UNIT 6: Standards and crosses; 6.0 Poetry and prose websites |
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McCully C. B.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The earliest English : an introduction to Old English language / / Chris McCully and Sharon Hilles |
Autore | McCully C. B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 429/.82 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillesSharon |
Collana | Learning about Language |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Grammar English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 |
ISBN |
1-317-87698-9
1-315-83847-8 1-317-87697-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; List of symbols and a note on conventions; Abbreviations; Using this book; UNIT 1: Thinking about the earliest English; 1.0 Preliminaries; 1.1 Uniformity and change; 1.2 Initial terminology; 1.3 Old English poetry; 1.4 Reading passage; 1.5 Words, words, words; 1.6 Pronouncing Old English; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading; UNIT 2: History, culture, language origins; 2.0 Reading passage; 2.1 Some history; 2.2 A language-family tree; 2.3 The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy; Summary
Study questions websites; further reading; UNIT 3: Nouns; 3.0 Mercenaries and settlers; 3.1 The Germania; 3.2 The Germania and the Anglo-Saxons; 3.3 Local shires and their politics; 3.4 Women; 3.5 Reading passage; 3.6 Inflections, nouns and grammatical roles; 3.7 Inflections in other languages; 3.8 Articles in OE; 3.9 More on OE articles, noun inflections and grammatical case; 3.10 Inflections on OE nouns; 3.11 Additional noun declensions in OE; 3.12 Pronouns; 3.13 NPs, nominals, strong and weak adjectives; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading Appendix 1: At-a-glance guide to OE inflections - nouns and adjectivesUNIT 4: Verbs; 4.0 The conversion of England; 4.1 Influence of the Celtic church; 4.2 The convergence of the Celtic and Roman traditions; 4.3 Reading passage (1); 4.4 Word order and pronouns in OE; 4.5 OE verbs: present participles; 4.6 Relative clauses; 4.7 Thou and you in OE; 4.8 OE and PDE verbs; 4.9 'Less regular' verbs; 4.10 Still more on OE verbs; 4.11 Weak verbs; 4.12 Reading passage (2); 4.13 Comments on reading passage (2) - the subjunctive; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading Appendix 2: At-a-glance guide to OE inflections - verbsINTERLUDE: Working with dictionaries; UNIT 5: OE metrics; 5.0 Overview of OE metre; 5.1 Stress in OE; 5.2 Syllables in OE and PDE; 5.3 Syllables and alliteration; 5.4 How half-lines end: poetic closure in OE; 5.5 Resolution; 5.6 The concept of metrical position in OE verse; 5.7 Half-line patterns that never occur; 5.8 The Five Types; 5.9 Secondary stress, metrical position and 'L'; 5.10 Stress, L and alliteration; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading; UNIT 6: Standards and crosses; 6.0 Poetry and prose websites |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797903103321 |
McCully C. B.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The earliest English : an introduction to Old English language / / Chris McCully and Sharon Hilles |
Autore | McCully C. B. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina |
429/.82
429 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillesSharon |
Collana | Learning about Language |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Grammar English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 |
ISBN |
1-317-87698-9
1-315-83847-8 1-317-87697-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; List of symbols and a note on conventions; Abbreviations; Using this book; UNIT 1: Thinking about the earliest English; 1.0 Preliminaries; 1.1 Uniformity and change; 1.2 Initial terminology; 1.3 Old English poetry; 1.4 Reading passage; 1.5 Words, words, words; 1.6 Pronouncing Old English; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading; UNIT 2: History, culture, language origins; 2.0 Reading passage; 2.1 Some history; 2.2 A language-family tree; 2.3 The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy; Summary
Study questions websites; further reading; UNIT 3: Nouns; 3.0 Mercenaries and settlers; 3.1 The Germania; 3.2 The Germania and the Anglo-Saxons; 3.3 Local shires and their politics; 3.4 Women; 3.5 Reading passage; 3.6 Inflections, nouns and grammatical roles; 3.7 Inflections in other languages; 3.8 Articles in OE; 3.9 More on OE articles, noun inflections and grammatical case; 3.10 Inflections on OE nouns; 3.11 Additional noun declensions in OE; 3.12 Pronouns; 3.13 NPs, nominals, strong and weak adjectives; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading Appendix 1: At-a-glance guide to OE inflections - nouns and adjectivesUNIT 4: Verbs; 4.0 The conversion of England; 4.1 Influence of the Celtic church; 4.2 The convergence of the Celtic and Roman traditions; 4.3 Reading passage (1); 4.4 Word order and pronouns in OE; 4.5 OE verbs: present participles; 4.6 Relative clauses; 4.7 Thou and you in OE; 4.8 OE and PDE verbs; 4.9 'Less regular' verbs; 4.10 Still more on OE verbs; 4.11 Weak verbs; 4.12 Reading passage (2); 4.13 Comments on reading passage (2) - the subjunctive; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading Appendix 2: At-a-glance guide to OE inflections - verbsINTERLUDE: Working with dictionaries; UNIT 5: OE metrics; 5.0 Overview of OE metre; 5.1 Stress in OE; 5.2 Syllables in OE and PDE; 5.3 Syllables and alliteration; 5.4 How half-lines end: poetic closure in OE; 5.5 Resolution; 5.6 The concept of metrical position in OE verse; 5.7 Half-line patterns that never occur; 5.8 The Five Types; 5.9 Secondary stress, metrical position and 'L'; 5.10 Stress, L and alliteration; Summary; Study questions; websites; further reading; UNIT 6: Standards and crosses; 6.0 Poetry and prose websites |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824815103321 |
McCully C. B.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selected poems / / Chris McCully |
Autore | McCully C. B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester : , : Carcanet, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 p.) |
Disciplina | 821.92 |
Soggetto topico | English poetry |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84777-314-1
1-84777-807-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461956103321 |
McCully C. B.
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Manchester : , : Carcanet, , 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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