Search for dissertations about: "accentual-syllabic"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word accentual-syllabic.

2. 1. A unified account of the Old English metrical line

   Author : Andrew Cooper; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Nigel Fabb; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; metrical phonology; Old English; Anglo-Saxon; syntax-phonology interface; accentual-syllabic; hypermetric; beowulf; optimality metrics; quantitative verse; English; engelska;

   Abstract : This study describes the verse design of Old English poetry in terms of modern phonological theory, developing an analysis which allows all OE verse lines to be described in terms of single metrical design.Old English poetry is typified by a single type of line of variable length, characterised by four metrical peaks. READ MORE