Introduction to Old English
Peter S. Baker
Introduction to Old English is the leading text available designed to help students engage with Old English literary and historical texts for the first time. This new edition builds on the success of the original and includes an expanded anthology and new, easy-to-use glossary. The book's rich...
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Oxford :
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2007.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 388 p. ; 24 cm |
| ISBN(s): | 9781405152723 (pbk.) |
| General note: | Text in English and Old English. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- How to use this book
- 1. The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language
- 1.1. Who were they?
- 1.2. Where did their language come from?
- 1.3. What was Old English like?
- 1.3.1. The Indo-European languages
- 1.3.2. The Germanic languages
- 1.3.3. West Germanic and Low German
- 1.3.4. Old and Modern English
- 1.4. Old English dialects
- 2. Pronunciation
- 2.1. Quick Start
- 2.1.1. Vowels and diphthongs
- 2.1.2. Consonants
- 2.1.3. Sermonette
- 2.2. More about vowels
- 2.2.1. Short a, ae and ea
- 2.2.2. I-mutation
- 2.2.3. Silent e; o for u
- 2.3. More about c and g
- 2.4. Syllable length
- 2.5. Accentuation
- 2.6. On-line pronunciation practice
- 2.7. Summary
- 3. Basic Grammar: A Review
- 3.1. Parts of speech
- 3.1.1. Nouns
- 3.1.2. Pronouns
- 3.1.3. Verbs
- 3.1.4. Adjectives
- 3.1.5. Adverbs
- 3.1.6. Prepositions
- 3.1.7. Conjunctions
- 3.1.8. Interjections
- 3.2. Phrases
- 3.3. Clauses
- 3.4. Elements of the sentence or clause
- 3.4.1. Subject
- 3.4.2. Verb
- 3.4.3. Object
- 3.4.4. Complement
- 3.4.5. Predicate
- 4. Case
- 4.1. What is case?
- 4.2. Uses of the cases
- 4.2.1. Nominative
- 4.2.2. Accusative
- 4.2.3. Genitive
- 4.2.4. Dative
- 4.2.5. Instrumental
- 5. Pronouns
- 5.1. Quick start
- 5.1.1. Personal pronouns
- 5.1.2. Possessive adjectives
- 5.1.3. Demonstrative pronouns
- 5.2. More about personal and demonstrative pronouns
- 5.2.1. The dual number
- 5.2.2. Common spelling variants
- 5.3. Interrogative pronouns
- 5.4. Indefinite pronouns
- 5.5. Relative pronouns
- 5.6. Reflexive pronouns
- 5.7. Reciprocal pronouns
- 6. Nouns
- 6.1. Quick start
- 6.1.1. Strong nouns
- 6.1.2. Weak nouns
- 6.1.3. Athematic nouns
- 6.2. More about strong nouns
- 6.2.1. Two-syllable nouns
- 6.2.2. Nouns with changes in the stem syllable
- 6.2.3. Nouns with -w- or -g- before the ending
- 6.3. Minor declensions
- 6.3.1. u-stem nouns
- 6.3.2. Nouns of relationship
- 6.3.3. Nouns with -r- plurals
- 6.3.4. Nouns with -[thorn]- endings
- 7. Verbs
- 7.1. Quick start
- 7.1.1. Strong and weak verbs
- 7.1.2. Beon 'to be'
- 7.1.3. Preterite-present verbs
- 7.2. More about endings
- 7.2.1. Assimilation
- 7.2.2. Plurals ending in -e
- 7.2.3. Subjunctive plural endings
- 7.3. More about weak verbs
- 7.3.1. Classes 1 and 2
- 7.3.2. Class 1 weak verbs that change their vowels
- 7.3.3. Contracted verbs
- 7.3.4. Class 3 weak verbs
- 7.4. More about strong verbs
- 7.4.1. The strong verb classes
- 7.4.2. Verbs affected by grammatical alternation
- 7.4.3. Contracted verbs
- 7.4.4. Tips on strong verbs
- 7.5. Verbs with weak presents and strong pasts
- 7.6. More about preterite-present verbs
- 7.7. Don, gan, willan
- 7.8. Negation
- 7.9. The verbals
- 7.9.1. Infinitives
- 7.9.2. Participles
- 7.10. The subjunctive
- 8. Adjectives
- 8.1. Quick start
- 8.2. Strong adjectives
- 8.3. Weak adjectives
- 8.4. Comparison of adjectives
- 9. Numerals
- 9.1. Quick start
- 9.2. Cardinal numbers
- 9.3. Ordinal numbers
- 10. Adverbs, Conjunctions and Prepositions
- 10.1. Quick start
- 10.2. Adverbs
- 10.2.1. Comparison of adverbs
- 10.3. Conjunctions
- 10.4. Correlation
- 10.5. Prepositions
- 11. Concord
- 11.1. Quick start
- 11.2. Subject and verb
- 11.2.1. Impersonal verbs
- 11.3. Pronoun and antecedent
- 11.4. Noun and modifiers
- 11.5. Bad grammar?
- 12. Word-order
- 12.1. Quick start
- 12.2. Subject-Verb
- 12.3. Verb-Subject
- 12.4. Subject...Verb
- 12.5. Correlation
- 12.6. Anticipation
- 12.7. Periphrastic verbs
- 13. Metre
- 13.1. Alliteration
- 13.2. Rhythm
- 13.2.1. Lifts, half-lifts and drops
- 13.2.2. Rhythmic types
- 13.2.3. Hypermetric verses
- 14. Poetic Style
- 14.1. Vocabulary
- 14.2. Variation
- 14.3. Formulas
- 14.3.1. Phrases
- 14.3.2. Themes
- 14.3.3. Originality and quality
- 15. The Grammar of Poetry
- 15.1. Inflections
- 15.1.1. Pronouns
- 15.1.2. Verbs
- 15.1.3. Adjectives
- 15.2. Syntax
- 15.2.1. Omission of subjects and objects
- 15.2.2. Omission of prepositions
- 15.2.3. Adjectives used as nouns
- 15.2.4. Word-order
- 15.2.5. Independent and subordinate clauses
- 16. Reading Old English Manuscripts
- 16.1. Construction of the manuscript
- 16.2. The Old English alphabet
- 16.3. Abbreviations
- 16.4. Punctuation and capitalization
- 16.5. Word- and line-division
- 16.6. Errors and corrections
- Appendix A. Common Spelling Variants
- A.1. Vowels of accented syllables
- A.2. Unaccented syllables
- A.3. Consonants
- Appendix B. Phonetic Symbols and Terms
- B.1. International Phonetic Alphabet symbols
- B.2. Phonetic terms
- Appendix C. Further Reading
- C.1. General works
- C.2. Grammars
- C.3. Dictionaries and concordances
- C.4. Bibliographies
- C.5. Old English texts and translations
- C.6. Literary criticism; sources and analogues; metre
- C.7. History and culture
- C.8. Manuscripts, art and archaeology
- C.9. On-line aids
- C.10. On-line amusements
- Anthology
- 1. The Fall of Adam and Eve
- 2. The Life of St Aethelthryth
- 3. Aelfric on the Book of Job
- 4. Cynewulf and Cyneheard
- 5. The Martyrdom of Aelfheah
- 6. William the Conqueror
- 7. Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
- 8. Ohthere and Wulfstan
- 9. The Story of Caedmon
- 10. Boethius on Fame
- 11. A Lyric for Advent
- 12. The Battle of Maldon
- 13. The Wanderer
- 14. The Dream of the Rood
- 15. Wulf and Eadwacer
- 16. The Wife's Lament
- 17. The Husband's Message
- 18. Judith
- Textual Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index.