Anglo-Saxon Micro-Texts

Author	: Ursula Lenker
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages	: 386
Release	: 2019-12-02
ISBN-10	: 9783110630961
ISBN-13	: 3110630966
Rating	: 4/5 (966 Downloads)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Micro-Texts written by Ursula Lenker and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, scholars from different disciplines – Old English and Anglo-Latin literature and linguistics, palaeography, history, runology, numismatics and archaeology – explore what are here called ‘micro-texts’, i.e. very short pieces of writing constituting independent, self-contained texts. For the first time, these micro-texts are here studied in their forms and communicative functions, their pragmatics and performativity.

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