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Author Smith, Jeremy J

Title Essentials of Early English An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Edition 3rd ed
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (261 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I Description -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 About this Book -- 1.2 English and Its Origins -- 1.3 External History -- 1.4 Internal History -- 1.5 Introducing English Historical Linguistics -- 1.6 A Preliminary Illustration -- Old English (West Saxon, Late Ninth Century) -- Middle English (Kentish, 1340) -- Middle English (Central Midlands, C. 1380) -- Older Scots (C. 1520) -- Early Modern English (Book of Common Prayer, 1549) -- Present-Day English (Alternative Service Book)
2 Describing Language -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Levels of Language -- 2.3 Speech and Writing -- 2.4 Phonetics and Phonology -- 2.4.1 Vowels -- 2.4.2 Consonants -- 2.4.3 Syllables -- 2.5 Grammar and Lexicon -- 2.5.1 The Hierarchy of Grammatical Units -- 2.5.2 Morphemes -- 2.5.3 Words -- 2.5.4 Phrases -- Phrases: Forms -- Phrases: Functions -- Subordinate Phrases -- 2.5.5 Clauses -- 2.5.6 Some Further Grammatical Categories -- Noun Phrase Categories -- Verb Phrase Categories -- 3 Old English -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Spelling and Pronunciation -- 3.2.1 The Alphabet -- 3.2.2 Diacritics
3.2.3 Pronunciation -- 3.3 Syntax -- 3.3.1 The Noun Phrase -- Case and the Noun Phrase -- Agreement and the Noun Phrase -- Number, Gender, and the Noun Phrase -- The Noun Phrase: Pronouns -- The Noun Phrase: Adjectives -- The Noun Phrase: Determiners -- The Noun Phrase: Numerals -- The Noun Phrase: a Note About Genitive Phrases -- The Noun Phrase: a Note About Prepositional Phrases -- 3.3.2 The Verb Phrase -- Agreement and the Verb Phrase -- Finite and Non-Finite Verbs and the Verb Phrase -- Simple and Complex Verb Phrases -- Number and the Simple Verb Phrase -- Person and the Simple Verb Phrase
[A] Weak Paradigm -- [b] Strong Paradigm -- 3.4.5 Adverbs -- 3.4.6 Verbs -- More About Strong Verbs -- Class I -- Class II -- Class III -- Class IV -- Class V -- Class VI -- Class VII -- More About Weak Verbs -- More About Irregular Verbs -- 3.4.7 Numerals -- 3.5 Lexicon -- 3.5.1 Inheritance and Borrowing -- 3.5.2 Word-Formation -- 3.6 Appendix I: From Early to Late West Saxon -- 3.6.1 Spellings -- 3.6.2 Inflexions -- 3.7 Appendix II: On OE Dialects -- 4 Middle English -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Spelling and Pronunciation -- 4.2.1 The Alphabet -- 4.2.2 Pronunciation -- 4.3 Syntax
Notes Description based upon print version of record
4.3.1 The Noun Phrase
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000683899
1000683893