Author: Great Britain. Department of Trade and IndustryPublisher: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Catalogue of the Translator's Library in the Department of Trade and Industry
Author: Great Britain. Department of Trade and IndustryPublisher: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library
Author: Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A New Introduction to Old Norse: Reader
Author: Michael P. BarnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse language
Languages : is
Pages : 182
Book Description
Njals Saga and Its Christian Background: A Study of Narrative Method. Germania Latina VIII
Author: A. HamerPublisher: Peeters
ISBN: 9789042930896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Njals saga is universally recognised as the greatest and most complex of all the sagas of Icelanders (Islendingasogur). The originality with which the writer composed his narrative has led to its being likened to a novel created by an author who certainly used sources, although identifying which parts of the saga descend from oral and which from written sources has proved difficult. The 'Christian background' of the title of this study refers to the ecclesiastical texts (including Scripture and its exegesis, church liturgy and the liturgical year, and hagiographical and apocryphal writings) which, it is argued, were used by the author of Njals saga as he both created a bipartite structure, using familiar Christian metaphors to help unify the work; and developed his central thematic concern: that good legal judgement depends upon justice and mercy acting together, as in divine judgement. It is this which finally redeems Skarphedinn Njalsson.
An Icelandic-English Dictionary
Author: Richard CleasbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The Fourth Grammatical Treatise
Author: The Lexical Effects of Anglo-Scandinavian Linguistic Contact on Old English
Author: Sara María Pons-SanzPublisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503534718
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Anglo-Saxon England experienced a process of multicultural assimilation similar to that of contemporary England. At the end of the ninth century, speakers of Old Norse from present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden started to settle down in the so-called Danelaw amongst the Anglo-Saxon inhabitants, and brought with them cultural traditions and linguistic elements that are still a very significant part of the English speaking world in the twenty-first century. This book analyses the first Norse terms to be recorded in English. After revising the list of terms recorded in Old English texts which can be considered to have derived from Norse, the author explores their dialectal and chronological distribution, as well as the semantic and stylistic relationship which the Norse-derived terms established with their native equivalents (when they existed). This approach helps to clarify questions such as these: Why were the terms borrowed? At what point did the terms stop being identified as 'foreign'? Why is a particular term used in a particular context? What can the terms tell us about the Anglo-Scandinavian sociolinguistic relations?
The Oxford Guide to Etymology
Author: Philip DurkinPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191618780
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologist of the Oxford English Dictionary, shows how different types of evidence can shed light on the myriad ways in which words change in form and meaning. He considers how such changes can be part of wider linguistic processes, or be influenced by a complex mixture of social and cultural factors. He illustrates every point with a wide range of fascinating examples. Dr Durkin investigates folk etymology and other changes which words undergo in everyday use. He shows how language families are established, how words in different languages can have a common ancester, and the ways in which the latter can be distinguished from words introduced through language contact. He examines the etymologies of the names of people and places. His focus is on English but he draws many examples from languages such as French, German, and Latin which cast light on the pre-histories of English words. The Oxford Guide to Etymology is reliable, readable, instructive, and enjoyable. Everyone interested in the history of words will value this account of an endlessly fascinating subject.