Beowulf and Beyond is a collection of papers mainly on Medieval English (i.e. Old and Middle English) language, literature and culture, often using comparative and interdisciplinary approaches. It features major authors and texts such as Beowulf, Chaucer, the Wyclif Bible, Margery Kempe, and Malory, but also the poem Judgement Day II, the Epinal-Erfurt glossary (ca. 680), and the Assize of bread (1256), a legal document. The more linguistically oriented studies deal with the language of Old English and Old Norse runic inscriptions, with OE word-formation (verbs with prefixed adverbs such as oferfaran; words for people), the loss of final plosive consonants in late Middle English rhyme-words, the use of hyphens in ME, and a comparison between Medieval English and German. Some contributions are specifically concerned with teaching Medieval texts to today's students (Beowulf, Malory). The volume is also a document of the activities of IAUPE, the International Association of University Professors of English. It contains a selection of the papers that were originally presented at the IAUPE Medieval Symposia at Munich/Germany and Vancouver/Canada.

This volume is a collection of papers read at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds in 2017, in two sessions organized by the Institute of English Studies at the University of London and four sessions organized by the Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics. Contributions consist of poetry, prose, interlinear glosses, syntax, semantics, lexicology, and medievalism. The contributors employ a wealth of different approaches. The general theme of the IMC 2017 was 'otherness', and some papers fit this theme very well. Even when two researchers deal with a similar topic and arrive at different conclusions, the editors do not try to harmonize them but present them as they are for further discussion.

Zur Sicherung der Wettbewerbsfahigkeit eines Unternehmens ist es erforderlich, daB die installierten Kapazitaten in der Pro- duktion entsprechend der jeweiligen Marktsituation wirtschaft- lich ausgelastet werden. Die Marktsituation ist gepragt durch eine zunehmende Typen- und Variantenvielfalt /1/ und durch ei- ne standig sich andernde Nachfragemenge /2/ bei einem insge- samt stagnierenden Markt. Insbesondere der Montagebereich als letzte Stufe im Produk- tionsprozeB muB veranderten Bedingungen schnell anpaBbar sein. Eine mit dem Nachfrageverhalten synchronisierbare Montage ver- meidet Lagerkosten fur Produkte in einer hohen Wertschopfungs- stufe. Es ist daher anzustreben, Montagesysteme zu installie- ren, die hinsichtlich der kapazitiven Auslastung flexibel be- trieben werden konnen, so daB die technisch installierte Kapa- zitat auch organisatorisch genutzt werden kann /3/. Bei der Konzeption von Montagesystemen stellt sich das Pro- blem, die zu montierenden Produkte insgesamt einem System zu- zuordnen oder sie auf mehrere Teilsysteme aufzuteilen. Es besteht das problem, daB einerseits bei der Montage unter- schiedliche Produkte auf einem System die einzelnen Montageab- schnitte bzw. Stationen nicht leichmaBig ausgelastet werden konnen und daB dadurch Kapazitatsverluste entstehen. Anderer- seits fuhrt die Aufteilung eines Montagesysterns in Teilsysteme und deren spezifische Auslegung auf bestimrnte Produkte bei Nachfrageverschiebungen zur Unter- oder Uberlastung einzelner Teilsysterne. Die Problernstellung hat also eine rnengen- und ei- ne ablaufbezogene Kornponente, die sich jeweils aus den Nach- frageschwankungen bzw. aus dem Aufbau und Montageablauf der b trachteten Produkte ergibt.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

This book presents new research results in English historical linguistics. Section I deals with sounds and spellings, e.g. the role of writing in language change, Pre-Old English sound changes and their reflection in runic inscriptions - plus the first complete list of OE runic inscriptions - and with velar fricatives in Middle English. Section II contains studies on words and phrases (e.g. the OE terms for the chain-mail coat), shell nouns, and secondary agent constructions. Section III highlights the developments of because, relative clauses, impersonal and passive constructions. Section IV analyzes the role of dialects in literature (e.g. 16th and 18th centuries). Section V sheds light on the use of early literature by later authors (e.g. J.R.R. Tolkien) and on Chinese translations of Beowulf.

Binomials, such as for and against, dead or alive, to have and to hold, can be broadly defined as two words belonging to the same grammatical category and linked by a semantic relationship. They are an important phraseological phenomenon present throughout the history of the English language. This volume offers a range of studies on binomials, their types and functions from Old English through to the present day. Searching for motivations and characteristic features of binomials in a particular genre or writer, the chapters engage with many linguistic levels of analysis, such as phonology or semantics, and explore the important role of translation. Drawing on philological and corpus-linguistic approaches, the authors employ qualitative and quantitative methods, setting the discussion firmly in the extra-linguistic context. Binomials and their extended forms - multinomials - emerge from these discussions as an important phraseological tool, with rich applications and complex motivations.

English religious and cultural life reached its first culmination in the 7th and 8th centuries. One result of this was that Germany was largely christianized by Anglo-Saxon missionaries such as Boniface in the 8th century, which put a lasting stamp on the religious and cultural structure of Germany. Christianization also influenced the literary life and the transmission of manuscripts. This aspect is highlighted in an exhibition in the Bavarian State Library in Munich (1-24 August 2005) which presents manuscripts from Anglo-Saxon England as well as continental manuscripts written or influenced by the Anglo-Saxons. Texts composed by English authors such as Alcuin, Bede, Boniface, Candidus (Wizo) and Hugeburc are also on display. The illustrated catalogue describes the manuscripts and puts them into their historical and cultural context.