A descriptive syntax of the Ormulum

Palmatier, Robert A.

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“…However, the presence or absence of ME an in this context cannot be taken as indicative of the meaning of the term. Firstly, on the basis of the structure of the noun phrases where it occurs and its inflexional pattern, Palmatier (1969: 113) argues that ME an in the text still acts as a numeral and not as an article, as is the case with ME þe . Secondly, even if ME an were to act as an indefinite article in the text, its use in early Middle English was far from fully established (Mustanoja 1960: 231 and 259–72).…”

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Reassessing the semantic history of OEbrēad/ MEbrēd

Pons‐Sanz¹

2016

English Language and Linguistics

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Our etymological understanding of PDE bread has been influenced, to a considerable extent, by Otto Jespersen's comment that ‘An Englishman cannot thrive or be ill or die without Scandinavian words; they are to the language what bread and eggs are to the daily fare.’ This article analyses the evidence behind the possibility that PDE bread might represent a Norse-derived semantic loan, i.e. that OE brēad acquired the meaning ‘bread’, which was more frequently expressed by OE hlāf, because of the influence of its Viking Age Norse cognate (cp. OIc brauð ‘bread’). On the basis of an in-depth study of the attestations of OE brēad and hlāf and their early Middle English reflexes, as well as the use of their cognates in various Germanic languages, the article challenges the traditional view that OE brēad originally meant ‘piece, morsel of bread’ and concludes that Norse influence is not needed in order to account for the semantic history of PDE bread.

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Section: Use Of the Terms In Early Middle Englishmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reassessing the semantic history of OEbrēad/ MEbrēd

Pons‐Sanz¹

2016

English Language and Linguistics

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A descriptive syntax of the Ormulum

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Reassessing the semantic history of OEbrēad/ MEbrēd

Reassessing the semantic history of OEbrēad/ MEbrēd

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