Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

7/1/1976 - 9/30/1977

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)


A History of the English Language: A Study of Late West Phonology

FAIN: RO-12615-76

Dewey Randolph Faulkner
Unaffiliated independent scholar

To study the phonology or sound system of the late West-Saxon dialect of old English as found in 4 early manuscripts of one work, forty Catholic Homilies by Aelfric in 989. Two monographs will result.