{"product_id":"old-english-a-historical-linguistic-companion-paperback-9780521458481","title":"Old English; A Historical Linguistic Companion (Paperback) 9780521458481","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOld English\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Historical Linguistic Companion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn accessible linguistic companion to Old English and its Indo-European and Germanic background.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoger Lass (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521458481, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 February 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.515 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOld English is a companion to Old English studies and to historical studies of early English in general. It is also an introduction to Indo-European studies in the particular sense in which they underpin the history of English. Professor Roger Lass makes accessible in a linguistically up-to-date and readable form the Indo-European and Germanic background to Old English, as well as what can be reconstructed about the resulting state of Old English itself. His book is a bridge between the more elementary Old English grammars and the major philological grammars and recent interpretations of the Old English data.Old English assumes a basic knowledge of phonetics and phonology, the elements of syntactic and morphological theory, and an introduction to historical linguistics. An extensive glossary gives definitions of the major technical terms used.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Historical Prelude: 1. Background and origins\u003cbr\u003e 2. Indo-European to proto-Germanic to West Germanic\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Old English Phonology: 3. Evolution of old English phonology: the major early sound changes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Suprasegmentals\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Morphophonemic Intermezzo: 5. Ablaut, laryngeals, and the IE root\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Morphology, Lexis and Syntax: 6. Inflectional morphology, I: Nouns, pronouns and adjectives\u003cbr\u003e 7. Inflectional Morphology, II: The Verb\u003cbr\u003e 8. Vocabulary and word-formation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Topics in old English historical syntax: word-order and case\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Historical Postlude: 10. The dissolution of old English\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20\u0026amp;%20comparative%20linguistics%20%5BCFF%5D%22\"\u003eCFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003434357016,"sku":"9780521458481","price":58.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521458481i_667ebe93-5ccd-4671-89b0-f1886506f8f6.jpg?v=1691382369","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/old-english-a-historical-linguistic-companion-paperback-9780521458481","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}