A history of Old English meter

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A history of Old English meter

R.D. Fulk

(Middle Ages series)

University of Pennsylvania Press, c1992

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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In A History of Old English Meter, R. D. Fulk offers a wide-ranging reference on Anglo-Saxon meter. Fulk examines the evidence for chronological and regional variation in the meter of Old English verse, studying such linguistic variables as the treatment of West Germanic parasite vowels, contracted vowels, and short syllables under secondary and tertiary stress, as well as a variety of supposed dialect features. Fulk's study of such variables points the way to a revised understanding of the role of syllable length in the construction of early Germanic meters and furnishes criteria for distinguishing dialectal from poetic features in the language of the major Old English poetic codices. On this basis, it is possible to draw conclusions about the probable dialect origins of much verse, to delineate the characteristics of at least four discrete periods in the development of Old English meter, and with some probability to assign to them many of the longer poems, such as Genesis A, Beowulf, and the works of Cynewulf. A History of Old English Meter will be of interest to scholars of Anglo-Saxon, historians of the English language, Germanic philologists, and historical linguists.

目次

Preface I. West Germanic Parasiting II. Contraction III. Contraction in Negated Verbs and Indefinite Pronouns IV. Compensatory Lengthening upon Loss of h V. Analogical Lengthening in Diphthongal Stems VI. Kaluza's Law VII. Changes in Ictus at the Tertiary Level VIII. Ictus and Resolution in Nonfinal Position IX. Miscellaneous Proposed Chronological Variables X. Late Developments XI. Syncopated Endings of Long-Stemmed Verbs and other Presumed Indicators of Dialect Origins Conclusion: Relative and Absolute Dating Appendix A. Chronology and Dialect in the Remaining Longer Poems Appendix B. The Date of the Battle of Maldon Appendix C. Long and Short Inflectional Syllables Appendix D. Dating the Early Bede Manuscripts Index of Words Index of Verses Index of Authorities Index of Subjects

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