Introduction to Old English

'Introduction to Old English' confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time.
A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English
Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar
Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a "minitext" feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English
Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care

Informationen zum Autor Peter S. Baker is Professor of English, specializing in medieval literature and the history of the English language, at the University of Virginia. His previous books include editions of Byrhthferth's Enchiridion (with Michael Lapidge, 1995) and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Collaborative Edition. Klappentext Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a "minitext" feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care Zusammenfassung Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a "minitext" feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiiPreface to the Second Edition xiiiPreface to the Third Edition xivHow to use this book xv1 The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language 11.1 Who were they? 11.2 Where did their language come from? 31.3 What was Old English like? 41.4 Old English dialects 102 Pronunciation 112.1 Quick start 112.2 More about vowels 162.3 More about c and g 182.4 Syllable length 202.5 Accentuation 202.6 On-line pronunciation practice 212.7 Summary 213 Basic Grammar: A Review 223.1 Parts of speech 223.2 Phrases 283.3 Clauses 293.4 Elements of the sentence or clause 304 Case 344.1 What is case? 344.2 Uses of the cases 355 Pronouns 415.1 Quick start 415.2 More about personal and demonstrative pronouns 445.3 Interrogative pronouns 455.4 Indefinite pronouns 465.5 Relative pronouns 475.6 Reflexive pronouns 485.7 Reciprocal pronouns 486 Nouns 506.1 Quick start 506.2 More about strong nouns 576.3 Minor declensions 607 Verbs 647.1 Quick start 647.2 More about endings 687.3 More about weak verbs 697.4 More about strong verbs 737.5 Verbs with weak presents and strong pasts 797.6 More about preterite-present verbs 807.8 Negation 827.9 The verbals 837.10 The subjunctive 858 Adjectives 898.1 Quick start 898.2 Strong adjectives 918.3 Weak adjectives 928.4 Comparison of adjectives 938.5 The adjective in the noun phrase 949 Numerals 969.1 Quick start 969.2 Cardinal numbers 979.3 Ordinal numbers 9810 Adverbs, Conjunctions and Prepositions 9910.1 Quick start 9910.2 Adverbs 9910.3 Conjunctions 10110.4 Correlation 10210.5 Prepositions 10411 Concord 10611.1 Quick start 10611.2 Subject and verb 10711.3 Pronoun and antecedent 11011.4 Noun and modifiers 11111.5 Bad grammar? 11212 Word-order 11512.1 Quick start 11512.2 Subject-Verb 11512.3 Verb-Subject 11712.4 Subject . . . Verb 11812.5 Correlation 11912.6 Anticipation 12112.7 Periphrastic verbs 12113 Metre 12313.1 Alliteration 12413.2 Rhythm 12614 Poetic Style 13314.1 Vocabulary 13414.2 Variation 13714.3 Formulas 14015 The Grammar of Poetry 14615.1 Inflections 14615.2 Syntax 14716 Old English in its Material Context 15616.1 Manuscripts 15616.2 Runes 16316.3 Other inscriptions 167Appendix A Co...

Autorentext
Peter S. Baker is Professor of English, specializing in medieval literature and the history of the English language, at the University of Virginia. His previous books include editions of Byrhthferth's Enchiridion (with Michael Lapidge, 1995) and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Collaborative Edition.

Klappentext

Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a "minitext" feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care

Inhalt
Preface xii Preface to the Second Edition xiii Preface to the Third Edition xiv How to use this book xv 1 The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language 1 1.1 Who were they? 1 1.2 Where did their language come from? 3 1.3 What was Old English like? 4 1.4 Old English dialects 10 2 Pronunciation 11 2.1 Quick start 11 2.2 More about vowels 16 2.3 More about c and g 18 2.4 Syllable length 20 2.5 Accentuation 20 2.6 On-line pronunciation practice 21 2.7 Summary 21 3 Basic Grammar: A Review 22 3.1 Parts of speech 22 3.2 Phrases 28 3.3 Clauses 29 3.4 Elements of the sentence or clause 30 4 Case 34 4.1 What is case? 34 4.2 Uses of the cases 35 5 Pronouns 41 5.1 Quick start 41 5.2 More about personal and demonstrative pronouns 44 5.3 Interrogative pronouns 45 5.4 Indefinite pronouns 46 5.5 Relative pronouns 47 5.6 Reflexive pronouns 48 5.7 Reciprocal pronouns 48 6 Nouns 50 6.1 Quick start 50 6.2 More about strong nouns 57 6.3 Minor declensions 60 7 Verbs 64 7.1 Quick start 64 7.2 More about endings 68 7.3 More about weak verbs 69 7.4 More about strong verbs 73 7.5 Verbs with weak presents and strong pasts 79 7.6 More about preterite-present verbs 80 7.8 Negation 82 7.9 The verbals 83 7.10 The subjunctive 85 8 Adjectives 89 8.1 Quick start 89 8.2 Strong adjectives 91 8.3 Weak adjectives 92 8.4 Comparison of adjectives 93 8.5 The adjective in the noun phrase 94 9 Numerals 96 9.1 Quick start 96 9.2 Cardinal numbers 97 9.3 Ordinal numbers 98 10 Adverbs, Conjunctions and Prepositions 99 10.1 Quick start 99 10.2 Adverbs 99 10.3 Conjunctions 101 10.4 Correlation 102 10.5 Prepositions 104 11 Concord 106 11.1 Quick start 106 11.2 Subject and verb 107 11.3 Pronoun and antecedent 110 11.4 Noun and modifiers 111 11.5 Bad grammar? 112 12 Word-order 115 12.1 Quick start 115 12.2 Subject-Verb 115 12.3 Verb-Subject 117 12.4 Subject . . . Verb 118 12.5 Correlation 119 12.6 Anticipation 121 12.7 Periphrastic verbs 121 13 Metre 123 13.1 Alliteration 124 13.2 Rhythm 126 14 Poetic Style 133 14.1 Vocabulary 134 14.2 Variation 137 14.3 Formulas 140 15 The Grammar of Poetry 146 15.1 Inflections 146 15.2 Syntax 147 16 Old English in its Material Context 156 16.1 Manuscripts 156 16.2 Runes 163 16.3 Other inscriptions 167 Appendix A Common Spelling Variants 169 A.1 Vowels of accented syllables 169 A.2 Unaccented syllables 170 A.3 Consonants 171 Appendix B Phonetic Symbols and Terms 172 B.1 International Phonetic Alphabet symbols 172 B.2 Phonetic terms 174 Appendix C Further Reading 175 C.1 General works 175 C.2 Grammars 175 C.3 Dictionaries and concordances 176 C.4 Bibliographies 176 C.5 Old English texts and translations 177 C.6 Literary…