1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: An Outline of Anglo-Saxon Grammar (1936) Published as an Appendix to "An Anglo-Saxon Reader"

By James W. Bright Copyright 1936
    89 Pages
    by Routledge

    89 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1936, this book is intended to provide an outline of Anglo-Saxon grammar for beginners, focusing on well-selected, succinctly stated rules rather than giving a detailed survey. It focuses on the West-Saxon dialect as this is best suited to beginners due to its uniformity in phonology and inflection, the fact it forms the basis of Anglo-Saxon grammar, and its prominence in the extant literature. Extracts have been selected from this literature to provide a sufficient basis, via the study of the easier to grasp later form of the dialect, to prepare the reader for the more difficult early West-Saxon dialect and further chronological study of the texts.

    Prefatory Note; Preface; Introductory Remarks; Phonology Inflection: Declension Inflection: Conjugation

    Biography

    James W. Bright