Essentials of Early EnglishPsychology Press, 1999 - 251 pages Annotation "Essentials of Early English is a practical introduction to the early stages of the English language: Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English." "Designed specifically as a handbook for students beginning the study of early English language, whether for linguistic or literary purposes, it presumes little or no prior knowledge of the history of English."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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Contents
PART I DESCRIPTIVE MATERIAL | 2 |
PART II ILLUSTRATIVE TEXTS | 156 |
PART III BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY AND THEMATIC INDEX | 222 |
Old English Glossary | 229 |
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Essentials of Early English: Old, Middle and Early Modern English Jeremy J. Smith Limited preview - 2013 |
Essentials of Early English: Old, Middle and Early Modern English Jeremy J. Smith Limited preview - 2013 |
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1st person sg 2nd person sg 3rd person adjective adverb æfter Anglo-Saxon bananas BIND Cæsar century Chapter Chaucer's Chaucerian English cnapan complex verb phrases consonants cyning Declension dialects diphthongs distinction Early Modern English EModE Finite verbs forms French function gender genitive Germanic Gloys grammatical grammatical gender hath haue Hengest history of English indicated inflected inflexions Irreg King Late West Saxon letter lexical verb lexicon linguistic London Masc prop Middle English modify N Masc Neut noun phrase Old English paradigm passage past participle patterns period persons pl Peterborough Chronicle pone Present-Day English pret pl pret sg preterite pronunciation refer relative pronoun sentence Shakespeare's Singular Plural Sir Orfeo spelling strong verb subjunctive subordinate clause tense texts third person thou usage varieties verb phrase vowels West Saxon word-order words þæm þære þæt þat