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Word-hoard
Stephen A. Barney
其他書名
An Introduction to Old English Vocabulary
出版
Yale University Press
, 1985
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation
ISBN
0300035063
9780300035063
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JK-KQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Designed for introductory courses in Old English,
Word-Hoard
offers a vocabulary of some 2000 words drawn from the poems that beginning students normally read. Exploiting the natural curiosity we feel about our own language, Stephen Barney draws etymological connections, provides mnemonic aids, and introduces the student to cultural and literary concepts as well as words. This second edition of his valuable book has been completely reset in a format that improves its clarity and conciseness.
Reviews of the earlier edition:
"An excellent piece of work. . . . It makes learning the basic vocabulary of Old English, especially of the poetry, an adventure in ideas, adding in short compass the fascination of etymology and even semantics to the otherwise laborious and at first crude efforts to understand the texts."--John C. Pope
"It obviously reflects enthusiasm and a great deal of hard work, and it will serve very well the students for whom it is intended."--Thomas D. Hill,
Speculum
"There is nothing quite like it in the literature. . . . Such a book would have been enthusiastically greeted years ago. It is doubly welcome today."--
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Stephen A. Barney
is professor of English at the University of California at Irvine.