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Old Names – New Growth

Proceedings of the 2 nd ASPNS Conference, University of Graz, Austria, 6-10 June 2007, and Related Essays

Peter Bierbaumer editor Helmut W Klug editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:6th May '09

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For the 2nd ASPNS conference the emphasis regarding the topics of the talks was placed on lexicographic and linguistic matters. In this volume the contributors assess the various problems of working with plant names like foxes glofa and geormanleaf, pulege and psyllium, hlenortear or fornetes folm. A special study analyses the semantic aspects of Old English plant names. More generally plant related discussions deal with the mandrake legend in Anglo-Saxon England and continental Europe, the need for a new publication of the Old English Herbarium and of the Medicina de Quadrupedibus, or the tree names in Anglo-Saxon charters. The conference also served as a platform to introduce the Graz-Munich online project Dictionary of Old English Plant Names.

ISBN: 9783631583166

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 460g

358 pages

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