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On Ælfric and Old English Metrical Theory

open access: yesSELIM
In 2016, Thomas A. Bredehoft wrote a reply to my criticism of his theory of Old English metre, according to which Ælfric's rhythmical compositions ought to be considered verse rather than prose.
Rafael
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Manuscripts Character Recognition Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning

open access: yesModelling, 2023
The automatic character recognition of historic documents gained more attention from scholars recently, due to the big improvements in computer vision, image processing, and digitization.
Mohammad Anwarul Islam, Ionut E. Iacob
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Child L2 development: a longitudinal case study on voice onset times in word-initial stops [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper reports the results of a longitudinal case study examining the acquisition of the English voice system by a three-year-old native speaker of Dutch.
Simon, Ellen
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Interrelationships between Language and Literature from Old English to the Modern Period [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2012
Literature is the aesthetic manifestation of language. It is ‘as old as human language and as new as tomorrow’s sunrise.’ This paper explores the interrelationships between language and literature from 600 AD to the present day.
Esmail Zare Behtash
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Deaf and hearing children's picture naming Impact of age of acquisition and language modality on representational gesture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Stefanini, Bello, Caselli, Iverson, & Volterra (2009) reported that Italian 24-36 month old children use a high proportion of representational gestures to accompany their spoken responses when labelling pictures.
England, R.   +5 more
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The syntax of the Old English preverbal ge- in the light of the theory of language changes as strengthenings or weakenings

open access: yesActa Neophilologica, 1992
The followmg paper reports on the results of 'the investigation into some aspects of the usage of the Old English preverbal ge- from the point of view of the theory of language changes as strengthenings or weakenings.
Frančiška Trobevšek-Drobnak
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English-learning infants’ perception of word stress patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Adult speakers of different free stress languages (e.g., English, Spanish) differ both in their sensitivity to lexical stress and in their processing of suprasegmental and vowel quality cues to stress.
Alejandrina Cristià   +6 more
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Imitative Translations of Beowulf: Tolkien, Lehmann, and McCully

open access: yesSELIM
The Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf exists in numerous translations into prose and verse of various forms and styles. While some translators use accentual metre and alliteration to evoke the form of the original, few attempt to reproduce its metre and ...
Elliot Vale
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The Art of Dying: Making a Will in Old English and Its Sociolinguistic Context

open access: yesStudia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2022
This paper explores the potential of legal documents for the study of the sociology of Old English. It gives a rationale for the use of legal genres, or charters, and introduces research databases and tools that may elucidate the interconnections between
Timofeeva Olga
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Linguistic change: the grammatical environment of participial non-finite clauses in Old English and in present-day English

open access: yesActa Neophilologica, 1999
The following paper reports on the final results 1 of the author's study of the use of participial nonfinite clauses and dependent clauses in Old English (OE) and in present-day English (PE), in relation to the nature of their respective grammatical ...
Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak
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