An Introduction to Old English

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-60329-311-2
Verlag: Modern Language Association

Buch, Englisch, Paperback, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Introductions to Older Languages

This unique textbook introduces the major categories of grammar in parallel with a summary of the major events of English prehistory and the history of the Anglo-Saxons up to and immediately following the Norman Conquest. Lessons present translation passages in chronological order from the Peterborough manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, with additional sentences drawn from sources including the Old English translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the Alfredian translation of the Universal History of Paulus Orosius, and other prose and poetic texts of the period. Supplementary sections provide additional lexical, historical, literary, and cultural information relevant to the translation passages, reinforced by brief exercises and advanced translation sentences. A section of advanced readings includes a generous assortment of poetry, such as passages from Beowulf, The Wanderer, The Dream of the Rood, and The Wife's Lament.

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• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik