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Words Derived from Old Norse in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

- An Etymological Survey

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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

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781119580027
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 272
  • Udgivet:
  • 6. september 2019
  • Udgave:
  • 1
  • Størrelse:
  • 226x149x16 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 402 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..
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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

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