Description
| Summary: | This book provides an in-depth study into the issue of vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically it challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of their name. While modern scholars have generally felt no difficulty is distinguishing male from female names, this book asks how far the Anglo-Saxons themselves recognised this distinction, and in so doing critically examines and tests the general principle that grammatical gender is a certain indicator of biological sex. Anyone with an interest in Old Engli.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 136 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| ISBN: | 9780754698494
0754698491
1409400107
9781409400103
1315233495
9781315233499
1283047489
9781283047487
9786613047489
6613047481 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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