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This textbook invites the student to explore early English syntax by looking at the linguistic characteristics of well- known texts throughout the early history of English. It shows how that piece of the language fits in to the broader picture of how English is developing and introduces the student to the real writing of the period.
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This textbook invites the student to explore early English syntax by looking at the linguistic characteristics of well- known texts throughout the early history of English. It shows how that piece of the language fits in to the broader picture of how English is developing and introduces the student to the real writing of the period.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
- Seitenzahl: 224
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 520g
- ISBN-13: 9781474420389
- ISBN-10: 1474420389
- Artikelnr.: 48873968
- Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
- Seitenzahl: 224
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 520g
- ISBN-13: 9781474420389
- ISBN-10: 1474420389
- Artikelnr.: 48873968
Elly van Gelderen is Regents' Professor of English at Arizona State University.
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1 The history of English in a nutshell
2 Functions and case
3 Verbal inflection and clause structure
4 Language change
5 Sources and resources
6 Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Syntax of Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
1 Major Changes in the Syntax of English
2 Word Order
3 Inflections
4 Demonstratives, pronouns, and articles
5 Clause boundaries
6 Dialects in English
7 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Old English Before 1100
1 The script
2 Historical prose narrative: Orosius
3 Sermon: Wulfstan on the Antichrist
4 Biblical gloss and translation: Lindisfarne, Rushworth, and Corpus
Versions
5 Poetic monologue: the Wife's Lament and the Wanderer
6 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Early Middle English 1100-1300
1 Historical prose narrative: Peterborough Chronicle
2 Prose Legend: Seinte Katerine
3 Debate poetry: The Owl and the Nightingale
4 Historical didactic poetry: Physiologus (Bestiary)
5 Prose: Richard Rolle's Psalter Preface
6 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Late Middle English and Early Modern 1300-1600
1 Didactic poem: Cleanness
2 Instructional scientific prose: Chaucer's Astrolabe
3 Religious: Margery of Kempe
4 Romance: Caxton
5 Chronicle and letters: Henry Machyn and Queen Elizabeth
6 Conclusion
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendix I Summary of all grammatical information
Appendix II Background on texts
Appendix III Keys to the exercises
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Chapter 1 Introduction
1 The history of English in a nutshell
2 Functions and case
3 Verbal inflection and clause structure
4 Language change
5 Sources and resources
6 Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Syntax of Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
1 Major Changes in the Syntax of English
2 Word Order
3 Inflections
4 Demonstratives, pronouns, and articles
5 Clause boundaries
6 Dialects in English
7 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Old English Before 1100
1 The script
2 Historical prose narrative: Orosius
3 Sermon: Wulfstan on the Antichrist
4 Biblical gloss and translation: Lindisfarne, Rushworth, and Corpus
Versions
5 Poetic monologue: the Wife's Lament and the Wanderer
6 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Early Middle English 1100-1300
1 Historical prose narrative: Peterborough Chronicle
2 Prose Legend: Seinte Katerine
3 Debate poetry: The Owl and the Nightingale
4 Historical didactic poetry: Physiologus (Bestiary)
5 Prose: Richard Rolle's Psalter Preface
6 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Late Middle English and Early Modern 1300-1600
1 Didactic poem: Cleanness
2 Instructional scientific prose: Chaucer's Astrolabe
3 Religious: Margery of Kempe
4 Romance: Caxton
5 Chronicle and letters: Henry Machyn and Queen Elizabeth
6 Conclusion
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendix I Summary of all grammatical information
Appendix II Background on texts
Appendix III Keys to the exercises
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1 The history of English in a nutshell
2 Functions and case
3 Verbal inflection and clause structure
4 Language change
5 Sources and resources
6 Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Syntax of Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
1 Major Changes in the Syntax of English
2 Word Order
3 Inflections
4 Demonstratives, pronouns, and articles
5 Clause boundaries
6 Dialects in English
7 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Old English Before 1100
1 The script
2 Historical prose narrative: Orosius
3 Sermon: Wulfstan on the Antichrist
4 Biblical gloss and translation: Lindisfarne, Rushworth, and Corpus
Versions
5 Poetic monologue: the Wife's Lament and the Wanderer
6 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Early Middle English 1100-1300
1 Historical prose narrative: Peterborough Chronicle
2 Prose Legend: Seinte Katerine
3 Debate poetry: The Owl and the Nightingale
4 Historical didactic poetry: Physiologus (Bestiary)
5 Prose: Richard Rolle's Psalter Preface
6 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Late Middle English and Early Modern 1300-1600
1 Didactic poem: Cleanness
2 Instructional scientific prose: Chaucer's Astrolabe
3 Religious: Margery of Kempe
4 Romance: Caxton
5 Chronicle and letters: Henry Machyn and Queen Elizabeth
6 Conclusion
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendix I Summary of all grammatical information
Appendix II Background on texts
Appendix III Keys to the exercises
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Chapter 1 Introduction
1 The history of English in a nutshell
2 Functions and case
3 Verbal inflection and clause structure
4 Language change
5 Sources and resources
6 Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Syntax of Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
1 Major Changes in the Syntax of English
2 Word Order
3 Inflections
4 Demonstratives, pronouns, and articles
5 Clause boundaries
6 Dialects in English
7 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Old English Before 1100
1 The script
2 Historical prose narrative: Orosius
3 Sermon: Wulfstan on the Antichrist
4 Biblical gloss and translation: Lindisfarne, Rushworth, and Corpus
Versions
5 Poetic monologue: the Wife's Lament and the Wanderer
6 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Early Middle English 1100-1300
1 Historical prose narrative: Peterborough Chronicle
2 Prose Legend: Seinte Katerine
3 Debate poetry: The Owl and the Nightingale
4 Historical didactic poetry: Physiologus (Bestiary)
5 Prose: Richard Rolle's Psalter Preface
6 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Late Middle English and Early Modern 1300-1600
1 Didactic poem: Cleanness
2 Instructional scientific prose: Chaucer's Astrolabe
3 Religious: Margery of Kempe
4 Romance: Caxton
5 Chronicle and letters: Henry Machyn and Queen Elizabeth
6 Conclusion
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendix I Summary of all grammatical information
Appendix II Background on texts
Appendix III Keys to the exercises
Bibliography
Glossary
Index