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Historical Languages
A truly classical
education has always included a study of ancient or archaic languages.
This page contains a small but growing collection of books meant to
stimulate a young person's interest in such languages.
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Ages 12 and up
A Book for the Beginner
in Anglo-Saxon
by William Shepard
This
elementary-level grammar and reader of Anglo-Saxon (also called Old
English, spoken from A.D. 500-1100) is a digital reprinting of a
hard-to-find 1877 publication. Included in this grammar are extensive
verb conjugations and noun and pronoun declensions, all designed for
the beginning student of the language. Also features almost 30 pages of
extracts from the Anglo-Saxon Gospels.
Paperback ~ 95 pp. ~ $19.95
with 20% discount, $15.96
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Ages 12 and up
First Middle English
Primer
by Henry Sweet
This
elementary handbook in Middle English (spoken from A.D. 1100-1500),
first published in 1884, was written by one of the premier authorities
on English historical linguistics, Henry Sweet, who is now widely
remembered as the model for the Henry Higgins character in Shaw's
Pygmalion. This handy manual introduces students to two slightly
different varieties of Middle English. Part I contains a brief grammar
and representative extracts from the 13th century Ancren Riwle or
"Nuns' Rule" in the southern dialect. Part II is a brief grammar with
extracts from the Ormulum, a late 12th century work of poetic homilies
of the life of Christ, in East Midland dialect.
Paperback ~ 96 pp. ~ $19.95 with
20% discount, $15.96 |
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For Advanced Students
The Languages of
Classical Antiquity Series (LCA)
Ancient Mediterranean Europe is best known to us from Greek and Roman
sources, yet the area was also inhabited by a variety of other tribes
and ethnic groups. Most of these peoples left scarce record that they
ever existed, but history, archaeology and philology have been able to
revive the world's knowledge of these ancient cultures. We are pleased
to provide, in one series, the fruits of extensive scholarly labor in
these lesser-known languages. Drawing on evidence from long-buried
inscriptions and papyri, as well as fragments from literary sources,
the LCA series brings together unique and precious testaments to
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The Languages of Classical Antiquity Series
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For Advanced Students
The American Language
Reprint Series (ALR)
During the early history of the American nation, a number of explorers,
scholars and missionaries sought to record the languages of the native
peoples they encountered. As many of the native American tribes
dwindled into extinction, the need became all the more pressing to
preserve their languages for posterity, and Americans who were keenly
anxious to promote their country's heritage went through great pains to
make sure that the ancient tongues of the American landscape would not
pass into obscurity unrecorded.
The ALR series was conceived expressly for the preservation and
promotion of these shorter linguistic records, vocabularies of only a
few hundred entries or less. These vocabularies are crucial in filling
in the vast linguistic gaps that the larger works leave empty. They
cover a whole host of Eastern Woodlands languages that were never
thoroughly documented, and they are also particularly useful in
preserving regional dialects and archaic versions of languages that are
otherwise well attested.
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The American Language Reprint Series
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