E-Book, Englisch, Band 36, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm
Getty The Metre of Beowulf
Nachdruck 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-090541-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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A Constraint-Based Approach
E-Book, Englisch, Band 36, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm
Reihe: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]ISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-090541-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. Building on recent advances in generative linguistics, the analysis presented in this book offers compelling explanations for a wide range of metrical phenomena that have been observed but only poorly understood for over a century.