In:Agreement in Language Contact: Gender development in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Florian Dolberg
[Studies in Language Companion Series 208] 2019
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 18 June 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.208.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.208.toc
Table of contents
List of figuresix
List of tablesxv
List of examplesxvii
List of abbreviationsxxi
Chapter 1.Introduction1
Chapter 2.Aims and objectives5
2.1Hypotheses5
2.2Structure of this study7
Chapter 3.Gender9
3.1Nature, origin and function of gender9
3.2Gender in Old and Middle English25
3.2.1Gender assignment26
3.2.2Gender exponence35
3.3Approaches to English gender development39
3.3.1The ‘Genuswechsel’ theory44
3.3.2Formal sources of gender development45
3.3.3Functional and semantic sources of gender development57
3.3.4Language contact, language change and gender development62
3.4Chapter summary74
Chapter 4.Viking influence in England79
4.1Character, extent and time of Viking settlement79
4.1.1‘Fill the earth and subdue it’: Place-name evidence80
4.1.2Turning hammers into crosses: Christianising the Vikings87
4.1.3Unearthing evidence: Archaeological records93
4.1.4In the blood: Evidence from (molecular) genetics94
4.1.5Speaking volumes: Evidence from language and documents101
4.2Chapter summary115
Chapter 5.Methodology119
5.1How to measure historical language change119
5.2Desiderata and candidates for a textual basis122
5.2.1Resembling spoken language122
5.2.2Anglo-saxon originals rather than translations124
5.2.3Frequent reference to non-human entities125
5.2.4Reliably dated and placed126
5.2.5Diachronically stable text type128
5.3Manuscripts contributing to the textual basis129
5.3.1Resulting database130
5.4Description and motivation of variables investigated132
5.4.1Formal variables132
5.4.2Semantic and cognitive variables137
5.4.3Extralinguistic variables146
5.5Coding and data classification151
5.6Statistical modelling157
5.7Chapter summary158
Chapter 6.Analysis163
6.1Orosius163
6.2Early southern Chronicle174
6.3Late southern Chronicle187
6.4Early northern Chronicle207
6.5Late northern Chronicle219
6.6Overview248
Chapter 7.Discussion251
7.1Orosius251
7.2Early southern Chronicle256
7.3Late southern Chronicle263
7.4Early northern Chronicle271
7.5Late northern Chronicle280
7.6General discussion294
7.6.1Variation in gender agreement294
7.6.2Change in gender assignment303
7.6.3Loss of gender exponence311
7.7The ‘Viking connection’318
Chapter 8.Conclusion and outlook325
References331
Index351
