The Metre of Beowulf : : A Constraint-Based Approach / / Michael Getty.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Getty, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 48 tableaus
• Other title: I-IV --; Preface --; Contents --; Chapter 1 Introduction --; Chapter 2 The stress phonology of Old English --; Chapter 3 Metrical structure at the foot level: Part I --; Chapter 4 Metrical structure at the foot level: Part II --; Chapter 5 Metrical structure at the level of the half-line and long-line --; Chapter 6 Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Index of subjects --; Index of authors --; Index of verses discussed --; 369-370
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110905410; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961
• ISSN: 1434-3452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110905410
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Getty.

This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. Building on recent advances in generative linguistics, the analysis presented in this book offers compelling explanations for a wide range of metrical phenomena that have been observed but only poorly understood for over a century.