A History of Old English Meter
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A History of Old English Meter

  1. 496 pages
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A History of Old English Meter

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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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ABBREVIATIONS
  5. WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER I. WEST GERMANIC PARASITING
  8. CHAPTER II . CONTRACTION
  9. CHAPTER III. CONTRACTION IN NEGATED VERBS AND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
  10. CHAPTER IV. COMPENSATORY LENGTHENING UPON LOSS OF h
  11. CHAPTER V. ANALOGICAL LENGTHENING IN DIPHTHONGAL STEMS
  12. CHAPTER VI. KALUZA'S LAW
  13. CHAPTER VII. CHANGES IN ICTUS AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL
  14. CHAPTER VIII. ICTUS AND RESOLUTION IN NONFINAL POSITION
  15. CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROPOSED CHRONOLOGICAL VARIABLES
  16. CHAPTER X . LATE DEVELOPMENTS
  17. CHAPTER XI. SYNCOPATED ENDINGS OF LONG-STEMMED VERBS AND OTHER PRESUMED INDICATORS OF DIALECT ORIGINS
  18. CONCLUSION: RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE DATING
  19. APPENDIX A: CHRONOLOGY AND DIALECT IN THE REMAINING LONGER POEMS
  20. APPENDIX B: THE DATE OF THE BATTLE OF MALDON
  21. APPENDIX C: LONG AND SHORT INFLECTIONAL SYLLABLES
  22. APPENDIX D: DATING THE EARLY BEDE MANUSCRIPTS
  23. INDEX OF WORDS
  24. INDEX OF VERSES
  25. INDEX OF AUTHORITIES
  26. INDEX OF SUBJECTS