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A Guide to Old English : Revised with Texts and Glossary / Fred Robinson, Bruce Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Bruce, author.
- Robinson, Fred, author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Grammar.
- English language.
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Readers.
- English philology--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- English philology.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages)
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1982]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A Guide to Old English has established itself as the most thorough and most stimulating introduction to the language of Anglo-Saxon England. This revised edition adds ten basic texts, together with full notes and a comprehensive glossary, which convert the Guide into a self-contained course book for students beginning a study of Old English. The texts, such as Cynewulf and Cyneheard, the story of Caedmon and the conversion of Edwin, are those that have traditionally been chosen by teachers precisely becasue they offer the best introduction to the literature and culture of the time. They are arranged in order of increasing difficulty. The notes and glossary constantly refer to the grammatical explanations in the Guide, so that course is fully integrated and easy to follow.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
- HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
- Part One
- I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON THE LANGUAGE
- II .ORTHOGRAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION
- III. INFLEXIONS
- IV. WORD FORMATION
- V. SYNTAX
- VI. AN INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES
- VII. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Appendix A. STRONG VERBS
- Appendix B. SOME EFFECTS OF i-MUTATION
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS
- INDEX OF WORDS
- Part Two
- TEXTS
- GLOSSARY
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references pages [143]-149 and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781487586522
- 1487586523
- 9781487586102
- 1487586108
- OCLC:
- 1048459076
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