Joinings : compound words in Old English literature /

The first comprehensive study of the use of compound words in Old English poetry, homilies, and philosophy, Joinings explores the effect of compounds on style, pace, clarity, and genre in Anglo-Saxon vernacular literature.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Davis-Secord, Jonathan
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Toronto Press 2016.
سلاسل:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 20.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1bmzkx7
جدول المحتويات:
  • 1. Introduction: Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture
  • 2. Compounds as Translation Tools
  • 3. Compound Interest
  • 4. Compound Discourses in the Old English Boethius and Juliana
  • 5. Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan's Old English Homilies
  • 6. Controlling Pace in Poetry: Beowulf
  • 7. Conclusion: Ubi Est Aelfric?