S. O. Andrew

Syntax and Style in Old English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1940, this book was written in 'an attempt to drive a few main lines through the almost unexplored tract of Old English syntax'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 165g
• ISBN-13: 9781107559776
• ISBN-10: 1107559774
• Artikelnr.: 43108095

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Texts referred to, with abbreviations; 1. Old English word-order; 2. Sentences introduced by
a; 3.
aer and
nne-sentences; 4. Sentences introduced by aer, for
am, nu, etc.; 5. Relative and demonstrative pronouns in Old English; 6. Some syntactical groups in Old English; 7. Negative words and sentences; 8. Poetic idioms: (i) the asyndetic co-ordinate clause; 9. Poetic idioms: (ii) dubious forms of principal sentence; 11. Parataxis; 12. The forms of the Old English relative pronoun; Index.