A Guide to Old English
A Guide to Old English
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Author(s): Mitchell, Bruce
ISBN No.: 9781405146906
Edition: Revised
Pages: 448
Year: 200701
Format: Perfect (Trade Paper)
Price: $ 73.07
Status: Out Of Print

Foreword to the Sixth Edition.Foreword to the Seventh Edition.Map of Anglo-Saxon England.Abbreviations and Symbols.How to Use this Guide.Part I:.1. Preliminary Remarks on the Language.


2. Orthography and Pronunciation.i. Orthography.ii. Stress.iii. Vowels.


iv. Diphthongs.v. Consonants.3. Inflexions.Introduction.i.


Pronouns.ii. Nouns and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them:.Weak Nouns.Some Technical Terms.Strong Nouns like stA?n (Masc.) and scip (Neut.).


Masculine and Neuter Nouns in -e.Strong Feminine Nouns.i-Mutation.Nouns Affected by i-Mutation.u-Nouns.iii. Adjectives:.Introduction.


Weak Declension.Strong Declension.Stem Changes in Adjectives.Comparison of Adjectives.iv. Observations on Noun, Adjective, and Pronoun Declensions.v. Numerals.


vi. Strong Verbs and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them:.Introduction.Principal Parts of the Strong Verbs.Breaking.Influence of Initial A!, sc, A?.Influence of Nasals.Summary of the Strong Verbs of Class III.


The Effects of Sound-Changes on Other Strong Verbs.Strong Verbs of Class VII.Grimm's Law and Verner's Law.Conjugation of the Strong Verb.vii. Weak Verbs and Sound-Changes Relevant to Them:.Introduction.Class 1.


Class 2.Class 3.viii. Anomalous Verbs:.BA?on.D??n and gA?n.Willan.Preterite-Present Verbs.


ix. Is a Verb Strong or Weak? To which Class does it Belong?.x. Adverbs:.Formation.Comparison.4. Word Formation.


Introduction.i. Compounding.ii. The Addition of Affixes:.Prefixes.Suffixes.5.


Syntax.Introduction.i. Word-Order.ii. Sentence Structure:.Recapitulation and Anticipation.The Splitting of Heavy Groups.


Correlation.iii. Noun Classes:.Introduction.Dependent Statements and Desires.Dependent Questions.The Accusative and Infinitive.iv.


Adjective Clauses:.Definite Adjective Clauses.Indefinite Adjective Clauses.Mood.v. Adverb Clauses:.Introduction.Non-Prepositional Conjunctions.


Prepositional Conjunctions.An Exercise in Analysis.Clauses of Place.Clauses of Time.Clauses of Purpose and Result.Causal Clauses.Clauses of Comparison.Clauses of Concession.


Clauses of Condition.Adverb Clauses Expressing Other Relationships.Other Ways of Expressing Adverbial Relationships.vi. Parataxis:.Introduction.List of Conjunctions and Adverbs Commonly Used.Parataxis without Conjunctions.


Some Special Idioms.vii. Concord:.1. Nouns, Pronouns and their Modifiers.2. Pronouns and their Antecedents.3.


Subject and Verb.viii. The Uses of the Cases:.Nominative.Accusative.Genitive.Dative.Instrumental.


ix. Articles, Pronouns, and Numerals:.Articles and Pronouns.Numerals.x. Verbs:.The Uses of the Present and Preterite Tenses.The Resolved Tenses:.


Introduction.The Verb 'to have' as an Auxiliary.The Verb 'to be' as an Auxiliary of Tense.The Passive.Other Uses of the Present and Past Participles.The Uses of the Infinitives.The 'Modal' Auxiliaries:.Introduction.


Magan.*M??tan.Cunnan.*Sculan.Willian.Impersonal Verbs.xi. Prepositions:.


List of Prepositions.6. An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Studies.i. Some Significant Dates.ii. History.iii.


Archaeology:.Introduction.List of Abbreviated Titles.Weapons and Warfare.Life and Dress.Architecture and Buildings.Sculpture and Carving.Jewellery and Metalwork.


Embroidery.Coins.Manuscripts and Runic Inscriptions.The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial.iv. Language:.Changes in English.The Danish Invasions.


The Norman Conquest.Vocabulary.Some Questions.v. Literature:.Introduction.Poetry.Prose.


7. Select Bibliography.General.Chapter 1 Preliminary Remarks on the Language.Chapter 2 Orthography and.


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