The metre of Beowulf : a constraint-based approach /
Getty, Michael, 1969-
The metre of Beowulf : a constraint-based approach / Meter of Beowulf by Michael Getty. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002. - 1 online resource (x, 368 pages) : illustrations - Topics in English linguistics ; 36 . - Topics in English linguistics ; 36. .
Revision of the author's thesis, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and indexes.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Preliminaries -- 1.2. Phonological and metrical structures -- 1.3. Sieversian approaches to Old English alliterative metre -- 1.4. The case for finite verb stress -- 1.5. Materials and methods -- Chapter 2. The stress phonology of Old English -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Previous approaches -- 2.3. A new model of word-level stress in Old English -- 2.4. Phrasal-level stress in Old English -- 2.5. Summary and departure -- Chapter -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Arguments for the proposed metrical associations -- 3.3. Summary Chapter 4. Metrical structure at the foot level: Part II4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Further foot-level metrical constraints -- 4.3. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Metrical structure at the level of the half-line and long-line -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Alliteration -- 5.3. Frequencies of metrical patterns: binary-branching half-lines -- 5.4. Frequencies of metrical patterns: ternary-branching half-lines -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Summary of Chapters 1 through 5 -- 6.3. The realization of verb-second syntax 6.4. Stochastic Optimality TheoryNotes -- References -- Index of subjects -- Index of authors -- Index of verses discussed
9783110905410 (electronic bk.) 3110905418 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Beowulf--Versification.
Beowulf.
English language--Versification.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
English language--Rhythm.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Anglais (Langue)--Versification.--ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)
Anglais (Langue)--Rythme.--ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English language--Old English--Rhythm.
English language--Old English--Versification.
Versification.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PR1588 / .G47 2002eb
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The metre of Beowulf : a constraint-based approach / Meter of Beowulf by Michael Getty. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002. - 1 online resource (x, 368 pages) : illustrations - Topics in English linguistics ; 36 . - Topics in English linguistics ; 36. .
Revision of the author's thesis, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and indexes.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Preliminaries -- 1.2. Phonological and metrical structures -- 1.3. Sieversian approaches to Old English alliterative metre -- 1.4. The case for finite verb stress -- 1.5. Materials and methods -- Chapter 2. The stress phonology of Old English -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Previous approaches -- 2.3. A new model of word-level stress in Old English -- 2.4. Phrasal-level stress in Old English -- 2.5. Summary and departure -- Chapter -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Arguments for the proposed metrical associations -- 3.3. Summary Chapter 4. Metrical structure at the foot level: Part II4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Further foot-level metrical constraints -- 4.3. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Metrical structure at the level of the half-line and long-line -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Alliteration -- 5.3. Frequencies of metrical patterns: binary-branching half-lines -- 5.4. Frequencies of metrical patterns: ternary-branching half-lines -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Summary of Chapters 1 through 5 -- 6.3. The realization of verb-second syntax 6.4. Stochastic Optimality TheoryNotes -- References -- Index of subjects -- Index of authors -- Index of verses discussed
9783110905410 (electronic bk.) 3110905418 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Beowulf--Versification.
Beowulf.
English language--Versification.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
English language--Rhythm.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Anglais (Langue)--Versification.--ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)
Anglais (Langue)--Rythme.--ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English language--Old English--Rhythm.
English language--Old English--Versification.
Versification.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PR1588 / .G47 2002eb
829/.3