0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts

Buy Now

The Verb in the Book of Aneirin - Studies in Syntax, Morphology and Etymology (Hardcover, Reprint 2011) Loot Price: R5,766
Discovery Miles 57 660
The Verb in the Book of Aneirin - Studies in Syntax, Morphology and Etymology (Hardcover, Reprint 2011): Graham R Isaac

The Verb in the Book of Aneirin - Studies in Syntax, Morphology and Etymology (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)

Graham R Isaac

Series: Buchreihe der Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologie

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R5,766 Discovery Miles 57 660 | Repayment Terms: R540 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

The "Book of Aneirin" is a thirteenth-century manuscript collection of Welsh praise-poetry. In comparison with other Welsh sources of similar date, the language of this text exhibits a number of features which have been interpreted as archaisms and taken as indications of great antiquity for the text. However, particularly in syntax, claims about the status of these 'archaisms' have not been discussed in the context of the grammatical organisation of the text as a whole. This book approaches various aspects of grammar against the background of a comprehensive edition of the finite verbal clauses of the text. Syntactic analysis of the data-base so established takes its point of departure from the relationship of the verb with its arguments in the clause, and is concentrated on two issues: 1. the type and status of basic word order in the text; 2. the interaction of the semantics of the predication with the pragmatics of communication of information. It is argued that, as would be expected for a Welsh text, the basic order is VSO, but also, and more importantly, that the text does not contain 'archaic' evidence of any earlier, different basic orders. Rather it is argued that word-order variation in the text can be rigorously analysed in terms of a model of functional syntax which is sensitive to both the pragmatics of the text and the semantics of the predications involved. In the light of these results, argumentation concerning historical syntax and especially reconstruction of syntax are evaluated, both in the field of Celtic and in wider cross-language perspective. Finally, the edition of the finite clauses of the text is followed by a number of notes discussing historical and synchronic aspects of the material presented, with particular emphasis on morphology and etymology.

General

Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of origin: Germany
Series: Buchreihe der Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologie
Release date: February 1996
First published: 1996
Authors: Graham R Isaac
Dimensions: 230 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 490
Edition: Reprint 2011
ISBN-13: 978-3-484-42912-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General
Promotions
LSN: 3-484-42912-7
Barcode: 9783484429123

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

This Is How It Is - True Stories From…
The Life Righting Collective Paperback R265 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450
Damaged Goods - The Rise and Fall of Sir…
Oliver Shah Paperback  (1)
R308 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800
Paul Kruger - Toesprake En…
Johan Bergh Hardcover  (3)
R396 Discovery Miles 3 960
Bafana Republic And Other Satires - A…
Mike Van Graan Paperback R230 R213 Discovery Miles 2 130
Our Words, Our Worlds - Writing On Black…
Makhosazana Xaba Paperback R315 R291 Discovery Miles 2 910
Churchill & Smuts - The Friendship
Richard Steyn Paperback  (6)
R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860
Years Of Fire And Ash - South African…
Wamuwi Mbao Paperback R260 R232 Discovery Miles 2 320
The Sun And Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur Paperback  (5)
R380 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390
Knapsekerels
Pieter Fourie Paperback R175 R162 Discovery Miles 1 620
In A Free State - A Music
P.R. Anderson Paperback R209 Discovery Miles 2 090
Life - Poems To Help Navigate Life's…
Donna Ashworth Hardcover R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270
Loss - Poems To Better Weather The Many…
Donna Ashworth Hardcover  (1)
R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270

See more

Partners