Prosody in Medieval English and Norse

by Schwartz

How can we reconstruct the rhythms and cadences - the prosody - of past languages? Prosody in Medieval English and Norse approaches this problem by comparing two closely related languages with a long written history in the Middle Ages. Through a series of case studies on vowel reductions and alliterative verse forms, Kaster identifies important continuities in the internal rhythmic structure of words and explores the enduring role of the bimoraic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197267467
• ISBN13: 9780197267462
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"