Bücher der Reihe Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature

A collection of essays demonstrates that much can be learned from studying features such as word-division, printer's type, and spelling conventions. It features - termed accidentals - typically receive little attention when editors discuss how a text became actualized in a particular medieval manuscript or early modern print.

Offers a statistical study of Middle English prepositions. This book demonstrates how Middle English prepositions underwent semantic erosion, either via de-lexicalisation or through collocational and idiomatic processes.

A set of Early Middle English works that composed for devout women, renowned for both their vigorous and flexible prose and their rich and distinctive language. It brings together various manuscripts of four of the five works, printing them in parallel for easy comparison.

Examines word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of text types: original prose and translated prose. This book disproves hypothesis of West Germanic syntax, presenting data which shows that word order of languages started to diversify during Old English/High German period.