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Publication details [#21082]

Bublitz, Wolfram and Jürgen Straus. 1987. `Heah cyning' vs. `heahcyning': Time stability in Old English compounding. In Tannen, Deborah F. Conversational style. In : 251–267. : 88–99.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
compound | poetry

Annotation

On a semantic cause for the frequent occurence of compounds in Old English poetry.