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Studies in the Early Middle Ages #06: Language and History in Viking Age England: Linguistic Relations Between Speakers of Old Norse & Old English

Studies in the Early Middle Ages #06: Language and History in Viking Age England: Linguistic Relations Between Speakers of Old Norse & Old English Cover

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Publisher Comments:

This is the first ever book-length study of the nature and significance of the linguistic contact between speakers of Old Norse and Old English in Viking Age England. It investigates in a wide-ranging and systematic fashion a foundational but under-considered factor in the history and culture of the Vikings in England. The subject is important for late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age history; for language and literature in the late Anglo-Saxon period; and for the history and development of the English language. The work's primary focus is on Anglo-Norse language contact, with a particular emphasis on the question of possible mutual intelligibility between speakers of the two languages; but since language contact is an emphatically sociolinguistic phenomenon, the work's methodology combines linguistic, literary and historical approaches, and draws for its evidence on texts in Old English, Old Norse and Anglo-Latin, and other forms of linguistic and onomastic material.

Book News Annotation:

This text is the first book-length study of the nature of the linguistic relations between speakers of Norse and English in Viking Age England, with particular focus on whether or not the two speech communities were mutually intelligible. The author examines the closeness of the historical evolution of the two communities and compares their phonological systems; analyzes the Scandinavianization of Old English place names and relates it to the process of dialect intelligibility; considers aspects of Anglo-Norse contact as reflected in three Anglo-Saxon sources; examines literary accounts and anecdotal evidence; and assesses future directions for further study of the Old Norse language in England. The text is derived from Townend's doctoral thesis. Distributed by The David Brown Book Company.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9782503512921
Subtitle:
Linguistic Relations Between Speakers of Old Norse & Old English
Author:
Townend, Matthew
Publisher:
Brepols Publishers
Location:
Turnhout, Belgium
Subject:
General
Subject:
English language
Subject:
History
Subject:
Linguistics
Subject:
Medieval
Subject:
England
Subject:
Vikings
Subject:
Languages in contact
Subject:
Old Norse language.
Subject:
Language and history.
Series:
Studies in the Early Middle Ages
Series Volume:
06
Publication Date:
September 2002
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
9.74x6.40x.81 in. 1.32 lbs.
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