| Description |
xx, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I. Historical Prelude: 1. Background and origins -- 2. Indo-European to proto-Germanic to West Germanic -- Part II. Old English Phonology: 3. Evolution of old English phonology: the major early sound changes -- 4. Suprasegmentals -- Part III. Morphophonemic Intermezzo: 5. Ablaut, laryngeals, and the IE root -- Part IV. Morphology, Lexis and Syntax: 6. Inflectional morphology, I: Nouns, pronouns and adjectives -- 7. Inflectional Morphology, II: The Verb -- 8. Vocabulary and word-formation -- 9. Topics in old English historical syntax: word-order and case -- Part V. Historical Postlude: 10. The dissolution of old English -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Analysis |
Old English language History |
| Notes |
First published : 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-279) and indexes |
| Subject |
English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Grammar, Historical.
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English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100.
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| LC no. |
93018182 |
| ISBN |
0521430879 |
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052145848X (paperback) |
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9780521458481 |
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