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Author : Bruce Mitchell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A guide to Old English written by Bruce Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Mitchell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119950279
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Guide to Old English written by Bruce Mitchell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beginners’ guide. Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student Features selections from the greatest works of Old English literature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keep pace with the reader Includes a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing readers to useful publications on the subject Updated throughout with new material including the first 25 lines from Beowulf with detailed annotation and an explanation of Grimm’s and Verner’s laws
Author : Peter S. Baker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047065984X
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Introduction to Old English written by Peter S. Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Author : Carole Hough
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 113734119X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)
Download or read book Beginning Old English written by Carole Hough and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This basic introduction to Old English is an essential guide for students with little or no linguistic knowledge. Unlike other textbooks on the subject, Beginning Old English focuses on the explanation and demonstration of how the language works, using accessible illustrations from simplified Old English texts and showing how many features of present-day English have their roots in this stage of the language. Beginning Old English - builds up reading skills by using simple texts to support the acquisition of key vocabulary and to develop awareness of language structure - offers an introduction to the conventions of Old English poetry and how they are realised across different genres: religious verse, riddles, elegies and heroic poetry - explores issues in the translation of Old English verse - guides the reader through four major texts: Cynewulf and Cyneheard, Beowulf (extract), The Battle of Maldon and The Dream of the Rood - features activities, glossaries, illustrations and a Further Reading section. Concise and approachable, this invaluable text will appeal to anyone with an interest in the early history of English language and literature. This is a simple introduction to Old English for students with little linguistic knowledge. Unlike other textbooks, Beginning Old English focuses on the explanation of how the language works, using accessible illustrations from Old English texts and showing how features of present-day English have their roots in this stage of the language. Assumes no previous linguistic knowledge Second edition updated and revised to take advantage of the availability of digital and online resources, such as the Electronic Beowulf and Learning with the Online Thesaurus of Old English A new chapter, Introducing Old English Prose, added to Part I, complements the existing chapter on Introducing Old English Poetry, by analysing the extent to which different prose genres draw on the techniques of poetry Two new texts, The Ruin and Ælfric's Life of St Æthelthryth, have been added to Part II, which provides graded readings from simplified texts to canonical works in Old English (contains long extracts from Beowulf, Cynewulf and Cyneheard, The Battle of Maldon and The Dream of the Rood)
Author : Samuel Moore
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Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.DK/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Elements of Old English written by Samuel Moore and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hana Videen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069123275X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wordhord written by Hana Videen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.
Author : Richard Marsden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110705530X
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Old English Reader written by Richard Marsden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking reader of Old English prose and verse has been extensively revised for the second edition.
Author : Chris Mccully
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317876989
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Earliest English written by Chris Mccully and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earliest English provides a student-friendly introduction to Old English and the earliest periods of the history of the English Language as it evolved before 1215. Using non-technical language, the book covers basic terminology, the linguistic and cultural backgrounds to the emergence and development of OE, and the OE vocabulary that students studying this phase of the English language need to know. In eight carefully structured units, the authors show how the vocabulary of Old English contains many items familiar to us today; how its characteristic poetic form is based on a beautiful and intricate simplicity; how its patterns of word building and inflectional structure are paralleled in several present day languages and how and why the English language and its literature continued to change so that by the mid-12th century the English language looks more like the 'English' that we are familiar with in the 21st century. Features of the book include: the provision of accessible guides to some important 'problem topics' of classical OE stimulating cross-linguistic comparisons, e.g. the pronoun system of OE as compared with the pronoun system of present day Dutch cleverly laid out translation exercises, with structural help in the form of selective glossaries careful division into eight units, designed for both classroom use and self-study Written in a clear and accessible manner, The Earliest English provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolution of Old English language and literature, and will be an invaluable textbook for students of English Language and Linguistics.
Author : Orrin W. Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134848994
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)
Download or read book Old English and its Closest Relatives written by Orrin W. Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible introductory reference source surveys the linguistic and cultural background of the earliest known Germanic languages and examines their similarities and differences. The Languages covered include:Gothic Old Norse Old SaxonOld English Old Low Franconian Old High German Written in a lively style, each chapter opens with a brief cultural history of the people who used the language, followed by selected authentic and translated texts and an examination of particular areas including grammar, pronunciation, lexis, dialect variation and borrowing, textual transmission, analogy and drift.
Author : J. A. Burrow
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118697359
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Book of Middle English written by J. A. Burrow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook. Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on pronunciation, spelling, grammar, metre, vocabulary and regional dialects. Now includes extracts from 'Pearl' and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'. Bibliographic references have been updated throughout. Each text is accompanied by detailed notes.
