Subgrouping the Old English Dialects Using Historical Glottometry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21463425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon den Hertog (0009-0006-7773-3976, Leiden University Leiden die Niederlande, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 470-495 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-7305 • E-ISSN: 1875-6719 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18756719-12340332 |
| OpenAlex | W4405008759 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The Northumbrian and Mercian dialects of Old English, collectively called Anglian, are considered closely related, while a kinship between West Saxon and Kentish is only sometimes remarked upon. This article makes the arguments in favour of these subgroupings explicit and tests them using Historical Glottometry, to conclude that Old English was divided into two dialectal blocs, Anglian and Saxo-Kentish. However, prescriptivism and dogmatic adherence to the quadripartition of the Old English dialects have muddied the waters somewhat
Archaeology · Art · Geography · Kinship · Linguistics · Literature · Old English · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |