Introduction to Old English / Peter S. Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Peter S. (Peter Stuart), 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Grammar.

English language.

English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100.

Physical Description:

xvi, 398 p.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction to Old English

Contents

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

How to use this book

Chapter 1 The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language

1.1 Who were they?

1.2 Where did their language come from?

1.3 What was Old English like?

1.3.1 The Indo-European languages

1.3.2 The Germanic languages

1.3.3 West Germanic and Low German

1.3.4 Old and Modern English

1.4 Old English dialects

Chapter 2

2.1 Quick start

2.1.1 Vowels and diphthongs

2.1.2 Consonants

2.1.3 Sermonette

2.2 More about vowels

2.2.1 Short a, ae and ea

2.2.2 I-mutation

2.2.3 Silent e

o for u

2.3 More about c and g

2.4 Syllable length

2.5 Accentuation

2.6 On-line pronunciation practice

2.7 Summary

Chapter 3

3.1 Parts of speech

3.1.1 Nouns

3.1.2 Pronouns

3.1.3 Verbs

3.1.4 Adjectives

3.1.5 Adverbs

3.1.6 Prepositions

3.1.7 Conjunctions

3.1.8 Interjections

3.2 Phrases

3.3 Clauses

3.4 Elements of the sentence or clause

3.4.1 Subject

3.4.2 Verb

3.4.3 Object

3.4.4 Complement

3.4.5 Predicate

Chapter 4

4.1 What is case?

4.2 Uses of the cases

4.2.1 Nominative

4.2.2 Accusative

4.2.3 Genitive

4.2.4 Dative

4.2.5 Instrumental

Chapter 5

5.1 Quick start

5.1.1 Personal pronouns

5.1.2 Possessive adjectives

5.1.3 Demonstrative pronouns

5.2 More about personal and demonstrative pronouns

5.2.1 The dual number

5.2.2 Common spelling variants

5.3 Interrogative pronouns

5.4 Indefinite pronouns

5.5 Relative pronouns

5.6 Reflexive pronouns

5.7 Reciprocal pronouns

Chapter 6

6.1 Quick start

6.1.1 Strong nouns

6.1.2 Weak nouns

6.1.3 Athematic nouns

6.1.4 The noun phrase

6.2 More about strong nouns

6.2.1 Two-syllable nouns.

6.2.2 Nouns with changes in the stem syllable

6.2.3 Nouns with -w- or -v- before the ending

6.3 Minor declensions

6.3.1 u-stem nouns

6.3.2 Nouns of relationship

6.3.3 Nouns with -r- plurals

6.3.4 Nouns with -6- endings

Chapter 7

7.1 Quick start

7.1.1 Strong and weak verbs

7.1.2 Bbon 'to be'

7.1.3 Preterite-present verbs

7.2 More about endings

7.2.1 Assimilation

7.2.2 Plurals ending in -e

7.2.3 Subjunctive plural endings

7.3 More about weak verbs

7.3.1 Classes 1 and 2

7.3.2 Class 1 weak verbs that change their vowels

7.3.3 Contracted verbs

7.3.4 Class 3 weak verbs

7.4 More about strong verbs

7.4.1 The strong verb classes

7.4.2 Verbs affected by grammatical alternation

7.4.3 Contracted verbs

7.4.4 Tips on strong verbs

7.5 Verbs with weak presents and strong pasts

7.6 More about preterite-present verbs

7.7 Ddn, gan, willan

7.8 Negation

7.9 The verbals

7.9.1 Infinitives

7.9.2 Participles

7.10 The subjunctive

Chapter 8

8.1 Quick start

8.2 Strong adjectives

8.3 Weak adjectives

8.4 Comparison of adjectives

8.5 The adjective in the noun phrase

Chapter 9

9.1 Quick start

9.2 Cardinal numbers

9.3 Ordinal numbers

Chapter 10

10.1 Quick start

10.2 Adverbs

10.2.1 Comparison of adverbs

10.3 Conjunctions

10.4 Correlation

10.5 Prepositions

Chapter 11

11.1 Quick start

11.2 Subject and verb

11.2.1 Impersonal verbs

11.3 Pronoun and antecedent

11.4 Noun and modifiers

11.5 Bad grammar?

Chapter 12

12.1 Quick start

12.2 Subject-Verb

12.3 Verb-Subject

12.4 Subject . . . Verb

12.5 Correlation

12.6 Anticipation

12.7 Periphrastic verbs

Chapter 13

13.1 Alliteration

13.2 Rhythm

13.2.1 Lifts, half-lifts and drops

13.2.2 Rhythmic types

13.2.3 Hypermetric verses.

Chapter 14

14.1 Vocabulary

14.2 Variation

14.3 Formulas

14.3.1 Phrases

14.3.2 Themes

14.3.3 Originality and quality

Chapter 15

15.1 Inflections

15.1.1 Pronouns

15.1.2 Verbs

15.1.3 Adjectives

15.2 Syntax

15.2.1 Omission of subjects and objects

15.2.2 Omission of prepositions

15.2.3 Adjectives used as nouns

15.2.4 Word-order

15.2.5 Independent and subordinate clauses

Chapter 16

16.1 Manuscripts

16.1.1 Construction of the manuscript

16.1.2 The Old English alphabet

16.1.3 Abbreviations

16.1.4 Punctuation and capitalization

16.1.5 Word- and line-division

16.1.6 Errors and corrections

16.2 Runes

16.3 Other inscriptions

Appendix A Common Spelling Variants

A.1 Vowels of accented syllables

A.2 Unaccented syllables

A.3 Consonants

Appendix B Phonetic Symbols and Terms

B.1 International Phonetic Alphabet symbols

B.2 Phonetic terms

Appendix C Further Reading

C.1 General works

C.2 Grammars

C.3 Dictionaries and concordances

C.4 Bibliographies

C.5 Old English texts and translations

C.6 Literary criticism

sources and analogues

metre

C.7 History and culture

C.8 Manuscripts, art and archaeology

C.9 On-line aids

C.10 On-line amusements

Anthology

1 The Fall of Adam and Eve

2 The Life of St Athelthryth

3 Cynewulf and Cyneheard

4 The Martyrdom of Alfheah

5 Sermo Lupi ad Anglos

6 King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care

7 Ohthere and Wulfstan

8 The Story of Cadmon

9 Boethius on Fame

10 A Selection of Riddles

11 The Battle of Maldon

12 The Wanderer

13 The Dream of the Rood

14 The Battle of Finnesburh

15 Waldere

16 Wulf and Eadwacer

17 The Wife's Lament

18 The Husband's Message

19 Judith

Textual Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781444354195

1444354191

OCLC:

769343046