A history of Old English meter /

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In A History of Old English Meter, R.D. Fulk offers a wide-ranging reference on Anglo-Saxon meter. Fulk examines the evidence for chronological and regional variation in the meter of Old English verse, studying such linguistic variables as the treatment or West Germanic parasite vowels, contracted v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fulk, R. D. (Robert Dennis)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1992.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Versification.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Anglais (Langue) > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Versification.
Rhétorique médiévale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English language > Old English > Versification
Rhetoric, Medieval
Metrik
Geschichte
Oudengels.
Metriek.
Altenglisch.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • West germanic parasiting
  • Contraction
  • Contraction in negated verbs and indefinite pronouns
  • Compensatory lengthening upon loss of h
  • Analogical lengthening in diphthongal stems
  • Kaluza's law
  • Changes in ictus at the tertiary level
  • Ictus and resolution in nonfinal position
  • Miscellaneous proposed chronological variables
  • Late developments
  • Syncopated endings of long-stemmed verbs and other presumed indicators of dialect origins
  • Conclusion: relative and absolute dating
  • Appendix A: Chronology and dialect in the remaining longer poems
  • Appendix B: The date of the battle of Maldon
  • Appendix C: Long and short inflectional syllables
  • Appendix D: Dating the early Bede manuscripts.

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