{"product_id":"a-grammar-of-old-english-volume-2-9780631136712","title":"A Grammar of Old English Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book completes the two-volume analysis of the sounds and grammatical forms of the Old English language that began with Richard M. Hogg's highly regarded  Grammar of Old English: Phonology. Initiated by Hogg, and revised and completed by R.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Above all, A Grammar of Old English. Volume 2: Morphology definitely serves its purpose as a work of reference. Its paragraphs are numbered separately and the inclusion of indexes of words as well as of subjects makes the work easy to consult. These features, combined with the undisputed quality of its contents, make this volume the reference work of choice for all Old English scholars and their overly ambitious students.”  (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2013\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Old English has a new authoritative grammar that will take its place as a reliable resource for decades to come and inspire more studies on the language.  It is a striking accomplishment.”  (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Language and Linguistics,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of abbreviations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Preliminaries 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Nouns: Stem Classes 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Early backgrounds (§§1–9) 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Vocalic stems (§§10–77) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 a-stem nouns (§§10–33) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Simple a-stems (§§11–18) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) ja-stems (§§19–26) 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) wa-stems (§§27–33) 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 d-stem nouns (§§34 –54) 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Simple d-stems (§§35– 44) 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) jd-stems (§§45–51) 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) wd-stems (§§52– 4) 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 i-stem nouns (§§55–70) 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 u-stem nouns (§§71–7) 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Consonantal stems (§§78–114) 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 n-stem nouns (§§78–90) 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) dn-stems (§§80–7) 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) cn-stems (§§88–90) 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 r-stem nouns (§§91– 4) 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 s-stem nouns (§§95–101) 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 þ-stem nouns (§§102–3) 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 nd-stem nouns (§§104 –8) 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Root-stem nouns (§§109–14) 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Nouns: Declensions 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Introduction (§§1–6) 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII as-declension (§§7–72) 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inflexions (§§8–11) 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Allomorphic variation (§§12–72) 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Restoration of A (§§14 –17) 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Palatalization (§§18–20) 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) Back umlaut (§§21– 4) 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(d) Loss of [h] (§§25–9) 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(e) Devoicing (§§30–1) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(f) Nominative singular in -e (§§32–8) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(g) Geminate consonants (§§39– 41) 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(h) Nominative singular in -u (§42) 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(i) Nominative singular in -w (§§43–9) 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(j) Apocope (§§50–1) 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(k) Double plurals (§§52–5) 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(l) Disyllabic nouns (§§56–72) 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII a-declension (§§73–104) 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inflexions (§§74 –80) 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Allomorphic variation (§§81–104) 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Restoration of A (§§83– 4) 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Palatalization (§85) 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) Back umlaut (§§86–7) 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(d) Loss of [h] and final devoicing (§§88–9) 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(e) Geminate consonants (§§90–1) 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(f) Stem-final \/w\/ (§§92– 4) 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(g) Apocope (§§95–9) 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(h) Disyllabic nouns (§§100– 4) 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV an-declension (§§105–16) 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inflexions (§§106–15) 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Allomorphic variation (§116) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Minor declensions (§§117–31) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Minor a-plurals (§§117–21) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Mutation plurals (§§122–7) 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Miscellanea (§§128–31) 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI Gender and declension (§§132– 43) 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Gender (§§133–9) 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Declension (§§140–3) 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII Nominal compounding (§§144 –7) 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Adjectives, Adverbs and Numerals 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Introduction (§§1–3) 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Indefinite (strong) adjectives (§§4 –56) 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Historical origins (§§4 –8) 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Inflexions (§§9–20) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Allomorphic variation (§§21–56) 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Restoration of A (§§22– 4) 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Loss of [x] (§§25–30) 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) Nominative singular in -e (§§31–5) 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(d) Geminate consonants (§§36–7) 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(e) Nominative singular masculine in -u (§§38–9) 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(f) Nominative singular in -w (§40) 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(g) Apocope (§§41–3) 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(h) Disyllabic and polysyllabic stems (§§44 –52) 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(i) Past participles (§§53–6) 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Definite (weak) adjectives (§§57–60) 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Historical origins and inflexions (§§57–9) 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Allomorphic variation (§60) 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Comparison of adjectives (§§61–75) 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Historical origins (§§61– 4) 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Variation in Old English (§§65–75) 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Adverbs (§§76–9) 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI Numerals (§§80–91) 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Cardinals (§§80–9) 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ordinals (§§90–1) 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Pronouns 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Introduction (§§1–2) 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Demonstrative pronouns (§§3–13) 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII The anaphoric pronoun (§§14 –17) 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Interrogative pronouns (§§18–21) 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Personal pronouns (§§22–32) 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI Indefinite pronouns (§§33–7) 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII Other pronominal types (§§38–9) 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Verbs 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Early background (§§1–5) 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Strong verbs (§§6–76) 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inflexions (§§6–30) 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Indicative present (§§11–20) 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Indicative preterite (§§21–2) 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) Subjunctive (§§23–5) 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(d) Imperative (§26) 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(e) Non-finite forms (§§27–30) 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Stems (§§31–76) 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Ablaut patterns (§§33–6) 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Variant stem types (§§37– 42) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(i) Weak presents (§37) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(ii) Contracted verbs (§§38– 41) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(iii) Alternations under Verner’s Law (§42) 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) Classes of strong verbs (§§43–76) 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(i) Class 1 (§§43–6) 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(ii) Class 2 (§§47–50) 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(iii) Class 3 (§§51–7) 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(iv) Class 4 (§§58–60) 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(v) Class 5 (§§61– 4) 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(vi) Class 6 (§§65–8) 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(vii) Class 7 (§§69–76) 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Weak verbs (§§77–130) 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Weak class I (§§78–103) 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Inflexions (§§80–8) 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e (b) Stems (§§89–103) 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(i) Stems with original geminate (§92) 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(ii) Stems in dental consonant (§§93–5) 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(iii) Stems in original final sonorant (§§96–8) 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(iv) Contracted verbs with loss of [h] (§99) 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(v) Stems in final velar consonant (§§100–3) 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Weak class II (§§104 –20) 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Inflexions (§§106–13) 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Stems (§§114 –20) 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Weak class III (§§121–30) 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Inflexions (§122–26) 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Stems (§§127–30) 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Preterite-present verbs (§§131– 44) 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inflexion and classes (§§132– 40) 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Classes 1 and 2 (§§133– 4) 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Class 3 (§§135–6) 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(c) Classes 4 and 5 (§§137–8) 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(d) Classes 6 and 7 (§§139– 40) 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Historical development (§§141– 4) 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Athematic verbs (§§145–63) 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The verb bbon, wesan (§§146–51) 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