From Wulfstan to Richard Rolle: Papers Exploring the Continuity of English Prose - Hardcover

Kubouchi, Tadao

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859915395 ISBN 13: 9780859915397

Publisher: D.S. Brewer, 1999

Synopsis

The problem of the continuity and development of English prose is still being investigated, and the papers collected here all represent attempts to look at the question. The volume begins with an investigation of word order in theAncrene Wisse and Richard Rolle's English epistles, followed by studies of prose rhythm in Wulfstan's De Falsis Dies; the relationship between punctuation, rhythmical unit markers and syntax in Late Old English orally-delivered prose; Scandinavian elements in Rolle's Form of Living; and the texts of `Be Cynestole' in Wulfstan's Institutes of Polity. It concludes with papers discussing manuscript punctuation as evidence for linguistic change and an electronic corpus of diplomatic parallel manuscript texts as a research tool for Early English scholars. Professor TADAO KUBOUCHI teaches at the University of Tokyo.

About this title

Review

Kubouchi's meticulous work on the primary sources offers a significant contribution to our knowledge. NOTES & QUERIES DEmonstrates beyond any doubt that in the study of historical syntax...the use of primary manuscript data can produce fresh and contextually detailed evidence for linguistic change. His research also importantly reminds us of the largely unused potential residing in the sutdy of medieval punctuation for historical linguists. NEUPHILOLOGISCHE MITTEILUNGEN

Edition details

• Publisher: D.S. Brewer
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859915395
• ISBN 13: 9780859915397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190