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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Fran Colman; Oxford University Press. |
OCLC Number: | 1066646748 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction -- PART I. ON NAMES -- Names as words -- Names are not nouns -- A name is a name -- PART II. TOWARDS THE OLD ENGLISH ONOMASTICON -- Old English personal name formation -- General lexical formation -- Structures of Old English personal names -- On the role of the paradigm as a marker of lexical-item formation -- An Old English onomasticon. |
Other Titles: | Grammar of names in Anglo-Saxon England (Online) |
Responsibility: | Fran Colman. |
Abstract:
This book examines the etymology, semantics, and grammatical behaviour of personal names in Anglo-Saxon England and considers their evolving place in Anglo-Saxon history and culture. The results of Dr Colman's wide-ranging investigation also have consequences for traditional analyses of linguistic structures.
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