IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 201: Lexical Approaches to Old English
Monday 9 July 2012, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Matthias Ammon, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Naomi Bennett, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 201-a | An Expectation of Security?: Investigating Rare Lexical Meanings in Old English (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Law |
| Paper 201-b | Bolgenmod or Not?: A Lexicographic Look at the Angry Anglo-Saxons (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities |
| Paper 201-c | Þræl: Lexicology and Language Contact in Old and Middle English (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Abstract | The context-based analysis of words and collocations across the whole range of Old English literature enables us to reinterpret words or passages in individual texts and even make editorial decisions based on the meaning of words in other instances of their occurrence. Lexical analysis on the basis of the entire corpus of Old English is thus an invaluable tool for philology and literary interpretation alike, and is therefore crucial to our understanding of Old English literature. This session will bring together scholars who use word studies to understand Old English and Old English texts with the goal of sharing both philological findings and methods of research adapted to the newly available technologies. |