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Joinings : compound words in Old English literature / Jonathan Davis-Secord.
LIBRA PR173 .D385 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis-Secord, Jonathan, author.
- Series:
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Compound words.
- English language.
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English language--Old English--Compound words.
- English language--Old English.
- Physical Description:
- x, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University Of Toronto Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture 3
- 2 Compounds as Translation Tools 37
- 3 Compound Interest 71
- 4 Compound Discourses in the Old English Boethius and Juliana 109
- 5 Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan's Old English Homilies 140
- 6 Controlling Pace in Poetry: Beowulf 167
- 7 Conclusion: Ubi Est Ælfric? 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442637399
- 1442637390
- OCLC:
- 926742955
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