The pioneering work on the roots & origins of the English language. The remarkable scholarship of Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912) was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English literature, & he inspired later philologists & lexicographers. Skeat's astonishing detective work into the origins & development of the worlds most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility & richness. This edition of his larger Etymological Dictionary is not a mere abridgment, but was entirely rewritten by Skeat.
Walter W. Skeat Bücher
Walter William Skeat war ein englischer Philologe, der sich dem Studium älterer Formen der englischen Sprache widmete. Seine wissenschaftliche Arbeit konzentrierte sich hauptsächlich auf das Mittelenglische, wo er umfangreiche editorische Arbeiten durchführte. Skeat ist bekannt für seine Standardausgaben der Werke von Autoren wie Chaucer und Langland, die er einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich machte. Sein bedeutender Beitrag zu diesem Fachgebiet liegt in seiner sorgfältigen Textforschung und seinem tiefen Verständnis der historischen Sprachentwicklung.
This fourth edition offers a faithful reprint of the 1886 original, showcasing the enduring significance of William Langland's allegorical poem, "Piers the Plowman." The work delves into themes of social justice, morality, and the human condition through a series of dream visions. Readers can expect a rich exploration of medieval thought and spirituality, presented in a high-quality format that preserves the text's historical integrity.
Malaysian Fables, Folk Tales and Legends
- 207 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
The tales contained in this little volume were taken down from the lips of the Malay peasantry in the twilight of their own tropical jungle, during the progress of the Cambridge Expedition of 1899 through the remoter States of the Malay Peninsula. The tales themselves, as will be obvious to the reader, are the merest gleanings from an extensive harvest-field, and make no pretensions whatever to any completeness or finality. For the most part, indeed, the book is an experiment, the object of which is to ascertain to what extent the native Soother-of-care (as the village storyteller is designated by his Malay audience) may tell his tale in words of his own choosing, without alienating the interest of the Western-[ized] reader. -- Walter Skeat --There are many fairy-tales and legends known to the Sea Dyaks [Ibans] of the present day. These seem to be handed down, by word of mouth, from generation to generation from ancient times. These stories and legends may be divided into two classes: 1. Those which are purely fabulous and related as such, and are simply meant to interest and amuse, and in these respect resembles the fairy-tales familiar to us all, 2. And those believed to be perfectly true, and to have actually taken place, and are the traditions respecting their gods and preternatural beings. These form, in fact, the mythology of the Dyaks. -- Edwin H Gomez --