Author: Bernard Mees
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000642666
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience. The volume offers a new account of the Germanic development of Anglo-Saxon England, beginning with an examination of the earliest inscriptions from northern Europe and the oldest inscriptions preserving Germanic names, many of which have only been discovered since the 1980s. The book charts the origins of key terms such as Angle, Saxon and Jute and early writing systems used by Germanic peoples. Drawing on epigraphic evidence from northwestern Germany through to southwestern Denmark and sub-Roman Britain, Mees situates the analysis within historical and linguistic frameworks but also provides archaeological contextualisations, assessed chronologically, for the inscriptions. Taken together, the work re-examines existing models of the early development of English through the lens of contemporary approaches, opening paths for new directions in research on historical dialectology. This book is key reading for students and scholars interested in the history of English and historical linguistics.
The English Language Before England
Author: Bernard Mees
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000642666
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience. The volume offers a new account of the Germanic development of Anglo-Saxon England, beginning with an examination of the earliest inscriptions from northern Europe and the oldest inscriptions preserving Germanic names, many of which have only been discovered since the 1980s. The book charts the origins of key terms such as Angle, Saxon and Jute and early writing systems used by Germanic peoples. Drawing on epigraphic evidence from northwestern Germany through to southwestern Denmark and sub-Roman Britain, Mees situates the analysis within historical and linguistic frameworks but also provides archaeological contextualisations, assessed chronologically, for the inscriptions. Taken together, the work re-examines existing models of the early development of English through the lens of contemporary approaches, opening paths for new directions in research on historical dialectology. This book is key reading for students and scholars interested in the history of English and historical linguistics.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000642666
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience. The volume offers a new account of the Germanic development of Anglo-Saxon England, beginning with an examination of the earliest inscriptions from northern Europe and the oldest inscriptions preserving Germanic names, many of which have only been discovered since the 1980s. The book charts the origins of key terms such as Angle, Saxon and Jute and early writing systems used by Germanic peoples. Drawing on epigraphic evidence from northwestern Germany through to southwestern Denmark and sub-Roman Britain, Mees situates the analysis within historical and linguistic frameworks but also provides archaeological contextualisations, assessed chronologically, for the inscriptions. Taken together, the work re-examines existing models of the early development of English through the lens of contemporary approaches, opening paths for new directions in research on historical dialectology. This book is key reading for students and scholars interested in the history of English and historical linguistics.
The Science of the Swastika
Author: Bernard Mees
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 6155211574
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The first theoretically informed study of the relationship between an academic discipline and what the Nazis termed their Weltanschauung. The first study of Sinnbildforschung, German ideograph or swastika studies, though more broadly it tells the tale of the development of German antiquarian studies (ancient Germanic history, archaeology, anthropology, folklore, historical linguistics and philology) under the influence of radical right wing politics, and the contemporary construction of 'Germanicness' and its role in Nazi thought. The swastika and similar symbols were employed by the ancestors of the modern day Germans. As these had also become emblematic symbols of the forces of German reaction, Sinnbildforschung became intrinsically connected with the National Socialist regime after 1933 and disappeared along with the Third Reich in 1945.
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 6155211574
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The first theoretically informed study of the relationship between an academic discipline and what the Nazis termed their Weltanschauung. The first study of Sinnbildforschung, German ideograph or swastika studies, though more broadly it tells the tale of the development of German antiquarian studies (ancient Germanic history, archaeology, anthropology, folklore, historical linguistics and philology) under the influence of radical right wing politics, and the contemporary construction of 'Germanicness' and its role in Nazi thought. The swastika and similar symbols were employed by the ancestors of the modern day Germans. As these had also become emblematic symbols of the forces of German reaction, Sinnbildforschung became intrinsically connected with the National Socialist regime after 1933 and disappeared along with the Third Reich in 1945.
Celtic Curses
Author: Bernard Thomas Mees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Full analysis of ancient and medieval expressions of Celtic cursing, using evidence ranging from magical charms to curse tablets.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Full analysis of ancient and medieval expressions of Celtic cursing, using evidence ranging from magical charms to curse tablets.
The Standard of Usage in English
Author: Thomas R. Lounsbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Adventure of English
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1611450071
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1611450071
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
A History of the English Language
Author: Albert Croll Baugh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780133891553
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780133891553
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The English Language Before England
Author: Bernard Mees
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032214184
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical, and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032214184
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical, and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience.
The English Language
Author: Charles Barber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107693934
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107693934
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.
The Cambridge History of the English Language
Author: Norman Francis Blake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780511468469
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Volume two of this set covers the Middle English Period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes and analyses developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780511468469
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Volume two of this set covers the Middle English Period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes and analyses developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing.
A History of the English Language
Author: Albert Croll Baugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description