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anglo-saxon
Anglo-Saxon onomastics
Author_Elisabeth Okasha
Bede Ii
Bede IV
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Db
Durham Liber Vitae
england
English Adjective
English Names
English Nomenclature
English Noun
English Personal Names
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female
Female Names
Feminine Noun
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gender
Gender Attribution
gender identity in manuscripts
Gesta Pontificum
grammatical
grammatical gender analysis
historical philology
Latin Abl
Latin Dat
Latin Gen
LE II
Liber Vitae
male
Male Names
Masculine Noun
medieval linguistics
neuter
Neuter Noun
nomenclature
Nop
noun
Old English name classification research
personal
personal nomenclature studies
Vernacular Names
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- ISBN 9781138251984
- Weight: 280g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This monograph provides an in-depth study into the issue of vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically, it challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of their name. In the case of di-thematic names, the grammatical gender in question is that of the second element of the name. Thus di-thematic names have been taken as belonging to women if their second element is grammatically feminine. However, as there are no surviving Anglo-Saxon texts which explain the principles of vernacular nomenclature, or any contemporary list of Old English personal names, it is by no means sure that this assumption is correct. While modern scholars have generally felt no difficulty in distinguishing male from female names, this book asks how far the Anglo-Saxons themselves recognised this distinction, and in so doing critically examines and tests the general principle that grammatical gender is a certain indicator of biological sex. Anyone with an interest in Old English manuscripts or early medieval history will find this book both thought provoking and a useful reference tool for better understanding the Anglo-Saxon world.
Dr Elisabeth Okasha, Acting Director, Language Centre, University College Cork, Ireland
