Thesis
The collocation of words for treasure in Old English verse
- Abstract:
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This thesis uses a study of the collocation of words for treasure to address the question of the relationship between the conventionality and originality of Old English verse. Collocation will be defined as the tendency for words to appear together. Such a definition allows for the examination of patterns of repetition beyond the half-line while also including the half-line formula thereby including stylistic features which have been considered, negatively, as constraints and restrictions...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1994
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
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- td:602327145
- Source identifiers:
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- Deposit date:
- 2014-04-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Elizabeth M. Tyler
- Copyright date:
- 1994
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky.
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