Norse-derived vocabulary in late Old English texts: Wulfstan's works, a case study

Pons-Sanz, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-0652 2007. Norse-derived vocabulary in late Old English texts: Wulfstan's works, a case study. North-Western European language evolution. Supplement, Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark.

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Abstract

This book focuses on the Norse-derived vocabulary in the works of Archbishop Wulfstan II of York (d. 1023). A considerable advantage derives from studying Wulfstan's compositions because, unlike most Old English texts, they are closely dateable and, to a certain extent, localizable. Thus, they offer excellent material for the examination of the process of integration and accommodation of Norse-derived vocabulary in Old English. After establishing the list of terms which can be accepted to be Norse-derived, this book analyses their relations with their native synonyms, both from a semantic and a stylistic point of view, and their inclusion in the word-formation processes to which Wulfstan submitted his vocabulary, native and borrowed alike. The information derived from this approach is used to explore the possible reasons for the archbishop's selection of the borrowed terms and the impact which his lexical practices had on contemporary and later English writers.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PD Germanic languages
Publisher:	University Press of Southern Denmark
ISBN:	9788776741969
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85763

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