An outline of Middle English grammar /
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| Author / Creator: | Stobie, Margaret R., 1909-1990 |
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1970] |
| Description: | viii, 112 pages map 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Grammar. Anglais (Langue) -- 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) -- Grammaire. English language -- Middle English -- Grammar. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2106117 |
Table of Contents:
- The middle English period
- The chief dialectal differences in O.E.
- M.E. changes; introduction
- Orthographic changes
- Phonology : quantitative sound changes
- Shortening and lengthening
- Phonology: qualitative sound changes; the development of O.E. diphthongs in M.E.
- Phonology: qualitative sound changes; new diphthongs in M.E.
- Phonology: qualitative sound changes; consonants
- Accidence: introduction
- Accidence: nouns and adjectives
- Accidence: pronouns
- Accidence: verbs
- Accidence: syntax
- Borrowings
- The language of Chaucer
- Literary tendencies in M.E.