Japan's legendary and fierce samurai warriors have an unrelenting hold on the public's imagination. The world's most renowned expert on these fierce fighters provides an exceptional, in-depth look at the samurai's unique combat skills and weaponry. Confront charismatic warlords and lone mercenaries as Dr. Turnbull examines battlefield tactics, personalities and practices, finding fascinating comparisons between the samurai and other medieval fare. Rare historic illustrations and specially commissioned paintings by Richard Hook bring you face to face with some of the planet's most terrifying battle scenes.
This collection of recent essays (arranged in order of composition) touches on questions of comparative syntax (including intralanguage comparative syntax), on questions of silent elements (relevant to both syntax and semantics), on questions concerning the relation (or competition) between syntax and morphology.
An Introduction to Old English by Richard Hogg
Book Description
This accessible overview covers all the
basic linguistic elements of Old English, including nouns, adjectives,
verbs, syntax, word order, and vocabulary. Offering a unique study of
Old English in context, it combines a wide variety of short texts with
an up-to-date assessment of the forms of language that remain as the
foundation of English today. Comparisons are drawn between Old and
present-day English and also with other related languages such as
Dutch, German, and French. Old English poetry and dialect variation are
also discussed.
