{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-middle-english-grammar-and-texts-9781551118949","title":"An Introduction to Middle English: Grammar and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Middle English\u003c\/em\u003e combines an elementary grammar of the English language from about 1100 to about 1500 with a selection of texts for reading, ranging in date from 1154 to 1500. The grammar includes the fundamentals of orthography, phonology, morphology, syntax, regional dialectology, and prosody. In the thirty-eight texts for reading are represented a wide range of Middle English dialects, and the commentary on each text includes, in addition to explanatory notes, extensive linguistic analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes many useful figures and illustrations, including images of Middle English manuscripts as an aid to learning to decipher medieval handwriting and maps indicating the geographical extent of dialect features. This introduction to Middle English is based on the latest research, and it provides up-to-date bibliographical guidance to the study of the language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an astoundingly rich book, which replaces in one fell swoop all other introductions to Middle English. Fulk has magisterially digested the sometimes dramatic developments of the past fifty years and presents the reader with a comprehensive, lucid and elegantly written account of the grammar of Middle English, its syntax, and its dialect variations. The core of the book is a fine anthology of Middle English texts, ranging from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, girded with insightful commentaries and a selective glossary. Fulk’s \u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e is to last a generation, and more.” — Rolf Bremmer, Leiden University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Middle English is not taught as often as it should be. Thanks to this exciting new \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Middle English\u003c\/em\u003e, it may see a revival! The book consists of a detailed and sophisticated, yet thoroughly enjoyable, Grammar. It also contains excerpts from 38 texts organized in a chronological order. The excerpts are well chosen and each is introduced and followed by insightful linguistic commentary and notes. A glossary completes the book. This \u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to students of linguistics and literature alike.” — Elly Van Gelderen, Arizona State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST OF CHARTS\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF FACSIMILES\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF FIGURES\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRAMMAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. HISTORY, ORTHOGRAPHY, AND PRONUNCIATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Historical overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1. The transition from Old to Middle English. 2. The transition from Middle to Modern English.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Orthography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e3. Phonetic symbols and phonological terms. 4. The alphabet. 5. Sounds andspelling: consonants. 6. Sounds and spelling: vowels. 7. Sample spellings ofstressed vowels.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. PHONOLOGY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Stress and syllables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e8. Lexical stress and syllabification. 9. Phrasal stress.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Stressed vowels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Vowels at the close of the OE period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eQuantitative variation: shortening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Shortening before consonant groups. 12. Trisyllabic shortening.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eQuantitative variation: lengthening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Lengthening before homorganic consonant clusters. 14. Lengthening in open syllables. 15. Compensatory lengthening. 16. Quantity in words borrowed from French.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eQualitative variation: native vowels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. The OE short low vowels. 18. OE æ. 19. OE ā. 20. OE ý.\u003cbr\u003e21. OE ō. 22. OE diphthongs. 23. The rise of new front diphthongs.\u003cbr\u003e24. The rise of new back diphthongs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eQualitative variation: non-native vowels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25. Vowels in borrowings from Old Norse. 26. Vowels in borrowings from French.\u003cbr\u003e27. Summary of developments in the stressed vowels. 28. The Great Vowel Shift.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Vowels in syllables of lesser stress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e29. Centralization and laxing of unstressed vowels. 30. Loss of final -e. 31. Loss of \/ə\/ in syllables closed by a final consonant. 32. Disyllabic and polysyllabic stems. 33. Vowels of prefixes. 34. Unaccented words.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. Consonants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e35. The consonant system of Middle English. 36. Voicing and devoicing.\u003cbr\u003e37. Assimilation. 38. Deletion. 39. ME ȝ and the development of glides.\u003cbr\u003e40. Metathesis, epenthesis, metanalysis. 41. Some dialectal developments.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. MORPHOLOGY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Nouns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e42. Declension in Old English. 43. Reduction of case distinctions. 44. Elimination of grammatical gender. 45. Three declensional classes. 46. Exceptions to the general trend. 47. The inflectional morphology of loaned French nouns.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Adjectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e48. Definite and indefinite inflection. 49. Strong and weak inflection in ME.50. Comparison of adjectives.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Numerals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e51. Cardinal numbers. 52. Ordinal numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. Pronouns and articles\u003cbr\u003e53. Historical development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePersonal pronouns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e54. First and second persons. 55. Third person. 56. Possessive pronouns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDemonstrative pronouns and articles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e57. The definite article. 58. Demonstrative þat. 59. Demonstrative þis.\u003cbr\u003e60. Other demonstratives and articles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eInterrogative pronouns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e61. The OE types and their development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRelative pronouns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e62. The OE types and their development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIndefinite pronouns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e63. Inventory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. Verbs\u003cbr\u003e64. Background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eInflections\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e65. Inflections of the present tense. 66. Inflections of the preterite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eStems: strong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e67. Sample paradigm of a strong verb. 68. Principal parts and chief developments.69. Alternate stem types. 70. The seven classes of strong verbs.71. Strong class 1. 72. Strong class 2. 73. Strong class 3. 74. Strong class 4.75. Strong class 5. 76. Strong class 6. 77. Strong class 7.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eStems: weak\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e78. The OE background. 79. Sample paradigms. 80. Variant stem typesof regular verbs. 81. Examples of the stem types. 82. Irregular weak verbs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePreterite-present verbs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e83. Background. 84. Inventory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAthematic verbs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e85. Background. 86. The verb \u003cem\u003eben\u003c\/em\u003e. 87. The verb \u003cem\u003edon\u003c\/em\u003e. 88. The verb \u003cem\u003egon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e89. The verb \u003cem\u003ewillen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. MORPHOSYNTACTIC CHANGE, SYNTAX, AND SEMANTICS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Historical overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e90. Syntactic and morphosyntactic change.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. The noun phrase and its elements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMorphosyntactic properties of nouns and adjectives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e91. Gender. 92. Case. 93. Number. 94. Substantive adjectives. 95. Adjectivecomplements. 96. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs. 97. Placement ofadjectives. 98. The position of quantifiers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eArticles and pronouns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e99. Rise of the indefinite article. 100. The particularizing pronoun one.\u003cbr\u003e101. Reflexive pronouns. 102. Familiar and formal pronouns in forms of address. 103. Relative pronouns and their antecedents. 104. Ellipsis of relative pronoun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSubjects and direct objects\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e105. Ellipsis of the subject. 106. Pleonastic subjects. 107. Compound subjects. 108. Ellipsis of the object. 109. Pleonastic object.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. The prepositional phrase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e110. The preposition of. 111. The prepositions mid and wiþ. 112. The preposition to.\u003cbr\u003e113. The preposition into. 114. The expression of agency in passive constructions.\u003cbr\u003e115. Postpositive prepositions. 116. Preposition stranding. 117. Prepositions with pronominal objects.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. The verb phrase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e118. Tense and aspect. 119. Mood: imperative. 120. Mood: subjunctive. 121. Mood: interrogative. 122. Impersonal and passive constructions. 123. Existential constructions. 124. Negation. 125. Auxiliaries. 126. Infinitive constructions.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. The clause\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e127. Position of adverbial elements. 128. Position of objects. 129. Extraposition fromclauses. 130. Subordinating conjunctions. 131. Placement of the verb.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. REGIONAL DIALECTOLOGY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFactors in dialect variation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e132. Orthography and phonology. 133. \u003cem\u003eMischsprachen\u003c\/em\u003e. 134. The nature ofregional variation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDialect maps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e135. The Middle English dialect atlases. 136. \u003cem\u003eLALME\u003c\/em\u003e maps.\u003cbr\u003e137. Some major isoglosses: introduction. 138. Some major isoglosses:descriptions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. POETIC FORM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e139. Poetic types.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Isochronous verse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eScansion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e140. Metrical feet. 141. Unstressed vowels. 142. Trisyllables. 143. Synizesis.144. Metrical properties of borrowings from French.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eForms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e145. Narrative forms. 146. Lyric forms. 147. The septenarius.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Anisochronous verse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e148. Historical background. 149. Early ME alliterative verse. 150. The AlliterativeRevival. 151. The alliterative form in the fourteenth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTEXTS\u003cbr\u003eA NOTE ON THE TEXTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWELFTH CENTURY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Peterborough Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Soul’s Address to the Body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ormulum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoema morale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTEENTH CENTURY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAncrene Wisse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa3amon, Brut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eKentish Sermons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Physiologus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeinte Marherete\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Proverbs of Alfred\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1258 Proclamation of Henry III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fox and the Wolf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eUbi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Thrush and the Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing Horn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Owl and the Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHavelok\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOURTEENTH CENTURY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCursor Mundi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Mannyng of Brunne, \u003cem\u003eHandlyng Synne\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDan Michel of Northgate, \u003cem\u003eAyenbyte of Inwyt\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaurence Minot, \u003cem\u003eThe Siege of Calais\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Rolle, Three Exempla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stanzaic Morte Arthur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatience\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alliterative Morte Arthure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Langland, \u003cem\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Barbour, \u003cem\u003eThe Bruce\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn of Trevisa, Translation of Ranulph Higden’s \u003cem\u003ePolychronicon\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePetition of the Company of Mercers of London to Parliament\u003c\/em\u003e (1388)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Gower, \u003cem\u003eConfessio Amantis\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer, \u003cem\u003eThe Nun’s Priest’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTEENTH CENTURY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas Hoccleve, \u003cem\u003eLa male regle\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Lydgate, \u003cem\u003eThe Siege of Thebes\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMargaret Paston, Two Letters to John Paston I (1444, 1448)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wakefield \u003cem\u003eSecond Shepherds’ Play\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Henryson, \u003cem\u003eThe Testament of Cresseid\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY\u003cbr\u003eREFERENCES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041306706263,"sku":"9781551118949","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551118949.jpg?v=1750949743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-middle-english-grammar-and-texts-9781551118949","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}