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Women's names in Old English /
This book provides an in-depth study into the issue of vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically it challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of their name. While modern scholars have generally felt no dif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. :
Ashgate,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in early medieval Britain.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book provides an in-depth study into the issue of vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically it challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of their name. While modern scholars have generally felt no difficulty is distinguishing male from female names, this book asks how far the Anglo-Saxons themselves recognised this distinction, and in so doing critically examines and tests the general principle that grammatical gender is a certain indicator of biological sex. Anyone with an interest in Old Engli. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 136 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780754698494 0754698491 1409400107 9781409400103 1315233495 9781315233499 1283047489 9781283047487 9786613047489 6613047481 |