IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1628: From Old English to Middle English, II: Reconsidering the Uses of Old English Texts in the Long 12th Century
Thursday 9 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Organisers: | Mark J. Faulkner, School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics, University of Sheffield Rachel Fletcher, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Seán Vrieland, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Københavns Universitet |
| Paper 1628-a | The Eadwine Psalter Lexicon (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 1628-b | The Use of 'Ælfrician' Vocabulary in Two 12th-Century Texts (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 1628-c | Obsolescing Derivational Morphology and Lexical Change in Updated Old English (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Abstract | The transition from Old to Middle English in the course of the long 12th century (c. 1050-1225) has been described as 'the most dramatic change in the English language', yet also as 'the textual black hole'’ in its history. This is the second of three sessions examining language on the border between Old and Middle English. These papers interrogate what can be learned about this period from the many Old English texts recopied, studied and adapted in the twelfth century; they examine lexical corrections in the Eadwine Psalter gloss, the continued currency of 'Ælfrician' vocabulary in the 12th century, and changes in derivational morphology. |