Book Description
An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.
Author : N. J. Higham
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1843836033
An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.
Author : Julyan Holmes
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Travel
ISBN :
Author : Oliver James Padel
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
ISBN :
Author : Craig Weatherhill
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
ISBN : 9781904808220
This dictionary offers in a concise format more than 3,300 place-names. The recommendations preserve the authentic and attested linguistic forms while at the same time honoring the traditional orthographic forms visible on the Cornish landscape for at least four centuries.
Author : Henry Jenner
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Author : John Moss
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1399087509
‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots, but the scope of the book is not restricted to human settlements; it is also true of the many mountains and rivers that they named, and to several thousand sites of standing stone monuments, Celtic high crosses, henges, hill figures, funeral barrows and hillforts, which are all included in the book. What they all have in common is that they reflect the rich cultural heritage that was implicit in the names of places in the British Isles and Ireland as it existed before the Romans arrived.
Author : Henry Jenner
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2016-06-09
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1473385512
This book contains a detailed guide to the Cornish language. It is intended for those of Cornish nationality who wish to acquire some knowledge of their ancient tongue, and to read, write, and perhaps even to speak it. Contents include: "The History Of The Cornish Language And Literature", "The Story Of The Cornish Language", "The Literature And Other Remains Of Cornish", "Conversations And Phrases", "Epitaphs", "Letters", "Proverbs, Mottoes, And Maxims", "Verses And Epigrams", "Songs And Poems", "The Grammar Of The Cornish Language", "Spelling And Pronunciation", "The Initial Mutations", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.
Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 42,65 MB
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 019960908X
From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.
Author : Carole Hough
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019163042X
In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. Since Ancient Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both philosophical and linguistic enquiry throughout the history of Western thought. The investigation of name origins is more recent, as is the study of names in literature. Relatively new is the study of names in society, which draws on techniques from sociolinguistics and has gradually been gathering momentum over the last few decades. The structure of this volume reflects the emergence of the main branches of name studies, in roughly chronological order. The first Part focuses on name theory and outlines key issues about the role of names in language, focusing on grammar, meaning, and discourse. Parts II and III deal with the study of place-names and personal names respectively, while Part IV outlines contrasting approaches to the study of names in literature, with case studies from different languages and time periods. Part V explores the field of socio-onomastics, with chapters relating to the names of people, places, and commercial products. Part VI then examines the interdisciplinary nature of name studies, before the concluding Part presents a selection of animate and inanimate referents ranging from aircraft to animals, and explains the naming strategies adopted for them.
Author : Thomas Francis George Dexter
Publisher : London : Longmans, Green, and Company Limited
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Names, Cornish
ISBN :