The Earliest Englishprovides a student-friendly introduction to Old English and the earliest periods of the history of the English Language as it evolved before 1215. Using non-technical language, the book covers basic terminology, the linguistic and cultural backgrounds to the emergence and development of OE, and the OE vocabulary that students studying this phase of the English language need to know.
In eight carefully structured units, the authors show how the vocabulary of Old English contains many items familiar to us today; how its characteristic...
The Earliest Englishprovides a student-friendly introduction to Old English and the earliest periods of the history of t...
The Earliest English provides a student-friendly introduction to Old English and the earliest periods of the history of the English Language as it evolved before 1215. Using non-technical language, the book covers basic terminology, the linguistic and cultural backgrounds to the emergence and development of OE, and the OE vocabulary that students studying this phase of the English language need to know. In eight carefully structured units, the authors show how the vocabulary of Old English contains many items familiar to us today; how its characteristic poetic form is based on a beautiful...
The Earliest English provides a student-friendly introduction to Old English and the earliest periods of the history of the English Language as it evo...