Words Derived from Old Norse in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight An Etymological Survey |
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| Author:
| Dance, Richard |
| Series title: | Publications of the Philological Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-119-58002-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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The most rigorous description ever undertaken of the Scandinavian influence on the vocabulary of a major Middle English text, and a new model for the collection and analysis of Norse loans in any English source.
- A new survey of the etymological evidence for nearly 500 words in one of the most famous and important Middle English poems
- Conducted in accordance with a groundbreaking new system of etymological classification, and with references to all relevant...
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The most rigorous description ever undertaken of the Scandinavian influence on the vocabulary of a major Middle English text, and a new model for the collection and analysis of Norse loans in any English source.
- A new survey of the etymological evidence for nearly 500 words in one of the most famous and important Middle English poems
- Conducted in accordance with a groundbreaking new system of etymological classification, and with references to all relevant previous scholarship going back to the nineteenth century
- Contains new insights into the etymologies, forms, meanings and textual interpretation of hundreds of Middle English words
- Includes a new introduction to the scholarly study of the Old Norse influence on English vocabulary, including a detailed discussion of methodologies