The History of English. / Volume 2, : Old English / / ed. by Laurel Brinton, Alexander Bergs.

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 set...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Mouton Reader ; Volume 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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