The Syntax of the Infinitive in Chaucer
Author : John Samuel Kenyon
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 1909
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : John Samuel Kenyon
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 1909
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : John Samuel Kenyon
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 1905
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : J. Kerkhof
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004067899
Author : Gregory H. Roscow
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 0859910806
The purpose of this book is to give an outline of structural features of Chaucer's poetic syntax that are relevant to the study of style, and to define some general tendencies in his construction of sentences. What emerges is a fondness on Chaucer's part for discontinuity in the order of words and phrases and for certain forms of expression which have a wider application t: han their modern counterparts. In order that Chaucer's usage may be seen in its historical context, comparative material is drawn from the writings of his contemporaries - Langland, Gower, and the Gawain-poet - and from the body of early English rhyming romances now taken to represent an influent: ial native poetic tradition. I In an introductory chapter Dr Roscow questions the familiar description of Chaucer's syntax as colloquial, and argues for attention to a wider range of literary functions in studying the relationship between syntax and style in nedieval poetry
Author : Frederik Theodor Visser
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Morgan Callaway
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Author : Costantino Maeder
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 30,7 MB
Release : 2005-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027294658
This fourth volume of the Iconicity series is like its predecessors devoted to the study of iconicity in language and literature in all its forms. Many of the papers turn the notion of iconicity ‘inside-out’, some suggesting that ‘less-is-more’; others focus on the cognitive factors ‘inside’ the brain that are important for the iconic phenomena that are produced in the ‘outside’ world. In addition this volume includes a paper related to iconicity in music and its interaction with language. Other papers range from the theoretical issues involved in the evolution of language, to those that offer many ‘inside-out’ claims, such as claiming that nouns are derived from pronouns, and as such should more properly be called ‘pro-pronouns’. Also, this volume includes perhaps the first English-language analysis of the iconic aspects of sound symbolism in a prayer from the Koran. This is a truly interdisciplinary collection that should turn some of the notions of iconicity in language and literature ‘outside-in’ and ‘inside-out’.
Author : Museo Di Roma
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 900453136X
Frederik Theodor Visser's An Historical Syntax of the English Language, published in four massive volumes between 1963 and 1973, is certainly one of the cornerstones of research in English linguistics. Visser's achievements can hardly be overestimated. Before the advent of modern corpus linguistics, he compiled a remarkable wealth of detailed philological data from all periods of English and combined this with current grammatical analyses of his time. This has made this publications an indispensable resource for anyone investigating the history of English syntax. This reproduction of Visser's volumes is more than welcome, and timely, as the volumes have been out of print for quite some time and were sometimes a little bit difficult to navigate. Having a searchable and easy-to-use online version, although maybe not perfect, available now means a revival for scholarship that celebrates its fiftieth birthday without losing any of its relevance.
Author : Arthur O. Sandved
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0859911802
There is fairly general agreement that the modern reader's appreciation of Chaucer's writings can be enhanced by providing the reader with guides to `Chaucerian background' - literary, historical and cultural - and students of Chaucer are fortunate in having at their disposal a large number of books covering various aspects of Chaucerian background. One field which is less well covered is Chaucer's language: it is true that certain aspects of Chaucer's syntax and lexis have been dealt with in fairly recent years, but other subcategories of Chaucerian English, such as phonology and morphology, deserve more attention. The absence of readily available guides to these aspects of Chaucer's English has placed the linguistically-oriented student at a considerable disadvantage compared with his more literary-minded colleague, but the latter is also in need of a more detailed and reliable guide to Chaucerian English than the somewhat scant notes often included in editions of Chaucerian texts. The present book is intended to meet this need. It is largely limited to Chaucerian phonology and morphology, and assumes some familiarity with the rudiments of linguistics, but the technical terminology has been kept to a minimum.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : American Chemical Society
Page : 1386 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : 0199552096
A re-editing of F.N. Robinson's second edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1957 by the team of experts at the Riverside Institute who have greatly expanded the introductory material, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography and glossary. The result of many years' study. The Riverside Chaucer is the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's complete works.