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Non-native Speech in English Literature
Foreign accents in fiction are a common stylistic instrument of marking a character as the ‘Other’ and conveying national stereotypes in literature. This study investigates in a qualitative analysis the linguistic characteristics of non-native fictional speech, with a specific focus on the English Renaissance, the Victorian Age and the 20th-century war decades. After examining the concept of national identity and the image of the foreigner in these eras, the study undertakes an in-depth linguistic analysis of a literary corpus of drama and prose. Recurring patterns in non-native fictional speech are uncovered and set into relation with the socio-cultural background of the respective work, which leads to intriguing findings about the changing image of the foreigner and the phenomenon of linguistic stereotying in English literature.
The Concepts of Time in Anglo-Saxon England
The book examines the diachronic change of time perception throughout Anglo-Saxon England, with the conversion as a turning point. It draws evidence from a variety of sources, in particular from a close reading of Bede’s historical writings and his treatises on time, from Old English poetry, especially The Dream of the Rood, The Phoenix, The Wanderer, Beowulf, The Ruin, Deor, from the literature of the Alfredian period, and from the lexical and statistical analysis of Old English time words. It offers insights into the complexity of time in the Anglo-Saxon context, and shows how the change of time can help to understand the conceptual system of the Anglo-Saxons.
Modal Auxiliaries from Late Old to Early Middle English
Why do Modern English modal auxiliaries ought to, should, and must, meaning OBLIGATION, occur in the present tense, yet their forms are in the preterite? Why does to accompany ought? One of the solutions to these questions is to look at the history of the English language. This monograph deals with the history of ought to, should, and must, which are of different syntactic and semantic origins: ought to stems from a main verb of Old English āgan ‘to have’ (POSSESSION) along with to; should derives from sculan ‘must’ with its ‘deviation’ to shall, and mōtan originates in ‘to be allowed to’ (PERMISSION). The work concentrates on the transition from Old English (700-1100) to Middle English (1100-1500), which is a crucial period in the history of the English language. Topics addressed include the linguistic review of modality, the philological reading of primary texts, and the occasional reference to the other Germanic languages.
Strictly A Family Matter
Strictly a Family Matter is about how a young mother of five children goes about spiritual uniting her family forty-three years after passing away. The message conveyed to her family from the other side is a plea for family unity. Armand, her youngest son then decides to take it upon himself to try and fulfill her last wishes. But before he can begin his quest, he is overwhelmed by a number of extraordinary dreams. Dreams that he can no longer ignore and is placed in a position where he must begin to try and interpret their meaning. There is also a series of unusual and unexplainable coincidences that includes Armand meeting a metaphysical student named Lynn Sullivan. Lynn then helps Armand to better understand the meaning of family love and bonding. Shortly after, he is then able to gather his family together for an expression of family unity, thereby fulfilling his mother's last wish. The story is being told by me, the author who has had many life experiences, this is just one of them. Much of what is written is taken from those life experiences. The rest is taken from my creative imagination just to fill in the gaps.
Transitivising Mechanisms in Old English
Based on the surviving Old English textual material, as well as on Old English dictionaries and the relevant literature, this work studies the role of preverbs (eg. Byrnan, ābyrnan, forbyrnan, gebyrnan, onbyrnan) as a transitivising mechanism under the scope of the Cardinal Transitivity approach. Focus is laid on Old English morphological causative pairs that show signs of lability, i.e. verbs that can function transitively or intransitively with no morphological marking. This work has two main objectives. On the one hand, to examine to what extent preverbs may influence the valence of verbs that are ambivalent from the point of view of their valence as well as to shed light on the effects preverbs may have on other parameters of transitivity such as telicity or affectedness. On the other hand, this book also explores a rather neglected topic so far: the interaction of preverbs and the Germanic morphological causative marker -jan as transitivising mechanisms in Old English.
Participial Prepositions and Conjunctions in the History of English
Participial prepositions and conjunctions such as considering, during, considered and except are a comparatively recent phenomenon in the history of the English language. They originated in the intense language contact situation between Anglo-French and Middle English in late medieval England. In this book, it is shown that the development is part of a long process of typological change both in the Romance languages and in the English language. Through language contact a productive pattern has been established in English, which still produces new participial prepositions today (e.g. following, based on and looking at). Participial prepositions and conjunctions therefore clearly illustrate the mechanisms and consequences of language change through intense language contact.
African American Vernacular English as a Literary Dialect
Knowledge about one’s linguistic background, especially when it is different from mainstream varieties, provides a basis for identity and self. Ancestral values can be upheld, celebrated, and rooted further in the consciousness of its speakers. In the case of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) the matter is not straightforward and, ultimately, the social implications its speakers still face today are unresolved. Through detailed analysis of the four building blocks phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, Sophia Huber tries to trace the development of AAVE as a literary dialect. By unearthing in what ways AAVE in its written form is different from the spoken variety, long established social stigmata and stereotypes which have been burned into the consciousness of the USA through a (initially) white dominated literary tradition will be exposed. Analysing fourteen novels and one short story featuring AAVE, it is the first linguistic study of this scope.
McFarland Collections
John McFarland (ca.1820-1891), of Scottish lineage, married Margaret Campbell and, as a widower, immigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia. His son, James, immigrated to join John in the 1860s. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana and elsewhere.
Partenheimer, Parthemer, Parthemore Family History, 1545-2002
Zacharias Partenheimer was living in the village of Langenlonsheim, Germany in 1585. Traces his descendants in Germany and then follows several descendant lines in the United States. Descendants lived mainly in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin.
