From Wulfstan to Richard Rolle
Papers Exploring the Continuity of English Prose
Published on 21. October 1999
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-0-85991-539-7 (ISBN)
Description
The problem of the continuity and development of English prose is still being investigated, and the papers collected here all represent attempts to look at the question. The volume begins with an investigation of word order in theAncrene Wisse and Richard Rolle's English epistles, followed by studies of prose rhythm in Wulfstan's De Falsis Dies; the relationship between punctuation, rhythmical unit markers and syntax in Late Old English orally-delivered prose; Scandinavian elements in Rolle's Form of Living; and the texts of `Be Cynestole' in Wulfstan's Institutes of Polity. It concludes with papers discussing manuscript punctuation as evidence for linguistic change and an electronic corpus of diplomatic parallel manuscript texts as a research tool for Early English scholars.
Professor TADAO KUBOUCHI teaches at the University of Tokyo.
Professor TADAO KUBOUCHI teaches at the University of Tokyo.
Reviews / Votes
Kubouchi's meticulous work on the primary sources offers a significant contribution to our knowledge. NOTES & QUERIES DEmonstrates beyond any doubt that in the study of historical syntax...the use of primary manuscript data can produce fresh and contextually detailed evidence for linguistic change. His research also importantly reminds us of the largely unused potential residing in the sutdy of medieval punctuation for historical linguists. * NEUPHILOLOGISCHE MITTEILUNGEN *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
10 b/w. 1 line.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85991-539-7 (9780859915397)
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Content
Word order in the "Ancrene Wisse"; word order in Richard Rolle's English epistles; a note on prose rhythm in Wulfstan's "De Falsis Dies" (sic); manuscript punctuation, prose rhythm and Scandinavian element order in Late Old English orally-delivered prose; Scandinavian elements in Rolle's "Form of Living" in MSS ULC Dd v 64 III and Longleat 29; texts of "Be Cynestole" in Wulfstan's "Institutes of Polity"; word order in the "Ancrene Wisse" revisited; Early English electronic texts produced in Japan, META Project of the Centre for Medieval English Studies, Tokyo, and a case for a corpus of diplomatic parallel manuscript texts; the decline of the S.Noun O.V. element order - the evidence from punctuation in some transition-period manuscripts of Aelfric and Wulfstan; what is the point? manuscript punctuation as evidence for linguistic change. Appendices: Bethurum XII and Pope XXI, 72-161, with the manuscript punctuation; dates of Wulfstan manuscripts.