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Anna Wojtyś

University of Warsaw, Institute of English Studies, Department of English Language and Linguistics, Adjunct

University of Warsaw, Institute of English Studies, Department of English Language and Linguistics, Adjunct |

History of English Language

Address: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

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Papers

Æfter/ra in the Lindisfarne Gospels: On the Plethora of Its Meanings and Uses in the English Gloss

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Anglica 25/2, 2016

The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTER in the glosses to the Lindi... more The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTER in the glosses to the Lindisfarne Gospels, in order to establish patterns of equivalence between the OE gloss and an array of Latin source terms it renders. We are particularly interested in examining the consistency of such glossing, which would allow us to demonstrate the basic and peripheral senses of ÆFTER as well as its synonyms used in the collection. In an attempt to provide ground for a wider discussion of possible patterns in Old English gloss translation, the study compares the Aldredian employment of æfter and its forms with their use in the
Rushworth Gospels, reportedly based on the Lindisfarne collection.
The data for the present study come from the Dictionary of Old English Corpus (hence-forth DOEC), analyzed with AntConc, a corpus analysis toolkit developed by Laurence Anthony. The findings are further supplemented with a close analysis of the editions by Skeat (1970), as well as the digitalized manuscript of the Lindisfarne Gospels available at the British Library.

Of ðaem or bi him - on the scribal repertoire of Latin-English pronominal equivalents in the Lindisfarne Gospels

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Languages in Contact , 2010

This paper examines English equivalents for Latin pronouns offered by the gloss translator of the... more This paper examines English equivalents for Latin pronouns offered by the gloss translator of the Lindisfarne Gospels. In particular, we are interested in the types of correspondence attested in the glosses, i.e., whether one Latin pronoun is glossed with the same Old English equivalent consistently throughout the text, or whether the choice of form is context- or language-structure dependent. If no such dependence can be identified in the case of numerous OE elements
for a Latin form, the analysis focuses on the reasoning behind the scribal interpretation.

Devil aka Satan: An enemy or fiend? On the rivalry between the familiar and the foreign in early English

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Token 1, 2012

The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English euphemisms ... more The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English euphemisms of Satan, i.e. fiend and enemy, in religious prose. We focus on the rivalry between the foreign word and the native word, comparing the contexts in which the two words tended to occur, and attempting to determine the semantic status of the French
word enemy in relation to the sense originally denoted by fiend. The data come from the Middle English period, when French loanwords began to compete semantically with native words.

Æfter/ra in the Lindisfarne Gospels: On the Plethora of Its Meanings and Uses in the English Gloss

by Anna Wojtyś and Joanna M Esquibel

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2016

The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTERin the glosses to the Lindis... more The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTERin the glosses to the Lindisfarne Gospels, in order to establish patterns of equivalence between the OE gloss and an array of Latin source terms it renders. We are particularly interested in examining the consistency of such glossing, which would allow us to demonstrate the basic and pe-ripheral senses of ÆFTERas well as its synonyms used in the collection. In an attempt to provide ground for a wider discussion of possible patterns in Old English gloss translation, the study compares the Aldredian employment of æfter and its forms with their use in the Rushworth Gospels,reportedly based on the Lindisfarne collection. The data for the present study come from the Dictionary of Old English Corpus (hence-forth DOEC), analyzed with AntConc, a corpus analysis toolkit developed by Laurence Anthony. The findings are further supplemented with a close analysis of the editions by Skeat (1970), as well as the digitalized manuscript of the Lindisfarne Gospels available at Turning The Pages™, British Library.

The value of the sources surviving in more than one version for studies on obsolete words: the case of non-surviving preterite-presents in English

Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny, 2019

The main goal of the paper is to show the value of texts preserved in more than ... more The main goal of the paper is to show the value of texts preserved in more than one version for studies aimed at identifying reasons for the demise of words. The data selected is a set of six non-surviving English preterite-present verbs. The analysis of the material shows that mediaeval manuscripts often exhibit orthographic and morphological variation as well as differ in lexemes. Such differences prove to be useful for the search of factors leading to the elimination of the verbs in question.

Sunday, day of feast or holy day — on the choice of Old English equivalents of Latin sabbat in the Lindisfame Gospels

The present paper examines the relation between the Latin word sabbat and its English equivalents... more The present paper examines the relation between the Latin word sabbat and its English equivalents used in the tenth century gloss translation to the Lindisfarne Gospels. The analysis involves the identification of all English correspondents of the Latin item with the aim of establishing the hierarchy of their frequency and the comparison of contexts in which those Old English items are employed to identify potential differences in their use. A more general purpose of the study is to discuss the methods of translation used in the glosses and discover any consistencies behind the choice of native vocabulary

Devil aka Satan: An enemy or fiend? On the rivalry between the familiar and the foreign in early English

by Anna Wojtyś and Joanna M Esquibel

The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English euphemisms ... more The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English
euphemisms of Satan, ie fiend and enemy, in religious prose. We focus on the rivalry
between the foreign word and the native word, comparing the contexts in which the two
words tended to occur, and attempting to determine the semantic status of the French word
enemy in relation to the sense originally denoted by fiend. The data come from the Middle
English period, when French loanwords began to compete semantically with native words.

ANNA WOJTYS (WARSZAWA) THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE LOSS OF AFFIXAL PAST PARTICIPLE MARKING AND ITS RELATION TO ABLAUT

Books

Explorations in the English Language: Middle Ages and Beyond

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Peter Lang, 2012

The volume, inspired by Professor Wełna’s life-long studies in historical linguistics, brings tog... more The volume, inspired by Professor Wełna’s life-long studies in historical linguistics, brings together scholars researching topics in various fields of the history of the English language. Nine chapters devoted to different linguistic disciplines gather articles covering sound and spelling changes, historical word-formation processes, selected semantic domains, and manuscript variants.

In the broader perspective the book addresses the history of linguistic thought with authors incorporating different tools of analysis in historical research.

Æfter/ra in the Lindisfarne Gospels: On the Plethora of Its Meanings and Uses in the English Gloss

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Anglica 25/2, 2016

The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTER in the glosses to the Lindi... more The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTER in the glosses to the Lindisfarne Gospels, in order to establish patterns of equivalence between the OE gloss and an array of Latin source terms it renders. We are particularly interested in examining the consistency of such glossing, which would allow us to demonstrate the basic and peripheral senses of ÆFTER as well as its synonyms used in the collection. In an attempt to provide ground for a wider discussion of possible patterns in Old English gloss translation, the study compares the Aldredian employment of æfter and its forms with their use in the
Rushworth Gospels, reportedly based on the Lindisfarne collection.
The data for the present study come from the Dictionary of Old English Corpus (hence-forth DOEC), analyzed with AntConc, a corpus analysis toolkit developed by Laurence Anthony. The findings are further supplemented with a close analysis of the editions by Skeat (1970), as well as the digitalized manuscript of the Lindisfarne Gospels available at the British Library.

Of ðaem or bi him - on the scribal repertoire of Latin-English pronominal equivalents in the Lindisfarne Gospels

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Languages in Contact , 2010

This paper examines English equivalents for Latin pronouns offered by the gloss translator of the... more This paper examines English equivalents for Latin pronouns offered by the gloss translator of the Lindisfarne Gospels. In particular, we are interested in the types of correspondence attested in the glosses, i.e., whether one Latin pronoun is glossed with the same Old English equivalent consistently throughout the text, or whether the choice of form is context- or language-structure dependent. If no such dependence can be identified in the case of numerous OE elements
for a Latin form, the analysis focuses on the reasoning behind the scribal interpretation.

Devil aka Satan: An enemy or fiend? On the rivalry between the familiar and the foreign in early English

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Token 1, 2012

The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English euphemisms ... more The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English euphemisms of Satan, i.e. fiend and enemy, in religious prose. We focus on the rivalry between the foreign word and the native word, comparing the contexts in which the two words tended to occur, and attempting to determine the semantic status of the French
word enemy in relation to the sense originally denoted by fiend. The data come from the Middle English period, when French loanwords began to compete semantically with native words.

Æfter/ra in the Lindisfarne Gospels: On the Plethora of Its Meanings and Uses in the English Gloss

by Anna Wojtyś and Joanna M Esquibel

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2016

The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTERin the glosses to the Lindis... more The present study aims at discussing the use of the Old English ÆFTERin the glosses to the Lindisfarne Gospels, in order to establish patterns of equivalence between the OE gloss and an array of Latin source terms it renders. We are particularly interested in examining the consistency of such glossing, which would allow us to demonstrate the basic and pe-ripheral senses of ÆFTERas well as its synonyms used in the collection. In an attempt to provide ground for a wider discussion of possible patterns in Old English gloss translation, the study compares the Aldredian employment of æfter and its forms with their use in the Rushworth Gospels,reportedly based on the Lindisfarne collection. The data for the present study come from the Dictionary of Old English Corpus (hence-forth DOEC), analyzed with AntConc, a corpus analysis toolkit developed by Laurence Anthony. The findings are further supplemented with a close analysis of the editions by Skeat (1970), as well as the digitalized manuscript of the Lindisfarne Gospels available at Turning The Pages™, British Library.

The value of the sources surviving in more than one version for studies on obsolete words: the case of non-surviving preterite-presents in English

Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny, 2019

The main goal of the paper is to show the value of texts preserved in more than ... more The main goal of the paper is to show the value of texts preserved in more than one version for studies aimed at identifying reasons for the demise of words. The data selected is a set of six non-surviving English preterite-present verbs. The analysis of the material shows that mediaeval manuscripts often exhibit orthographic and morphological variation as well as differ in lexemes. Such differences prove to be useful for the search of factors leading to the elimination of the verbs in question.

Sunday, day of feast or holy day — on the choice of Old English equivalents of Latin sabbat in the Lindisfame Gospels

The present paper examines the relation between the Latin word sabbat and its English equivalents... more The present paper examines the relation between the Latin word sabbat and its English equivalents used in the tenth century gloss translation to the Lindisfarne Gospels. The analysis involves the identification of all English correspondents of the Latin item with the aim of establishing the hierarchy of their frequency and the comparison of contexts in which those Old English items are employed to identify potential differences in their use. A more general purpose of the study is to discuss the methods of translation used in the glosses and discover any consistencies behind the choice of native vocabulary

Devil aka Satan: An enemy or fiend? On the rivalry between the familiar and the foreign in early English

by Anna Wojtyś and Joanna M Esquibel

The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English euphemisms ... more The present paper discusses the distribution of the two most common Mediaeval English
euphemisms of Satan, ie fiend and enemy, in religious prose. We focus on the rivalry
between the foreign word and the native word, comparing the contexts in which the two
words tended to occur, and attempting to determine the semantic status of the French word
enemy in relation to the sense originally denoted by fiend. The data come from the Middle
English period, when French loanwords began to compete semantically with native words.

ANNA WOJTYS (WARSZAWA) THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE LOSS OF AFFIXAL PAST PARTICIPLE MARKING AND ITS RELATION TO ABLAUT

Explorations in the English Language: Middle Ages and Beyond

by Joanna M . Esquibel and Anna Wojtyś

Peter Lang, 2012

The volume, inspired by Professor Wełna’s life-long studies in historical linguistics, brings tog... more The volume, inspired by Professor Wełna’s life-long studies in historical linguistics, brings together scholars researching topics in various fields of the history of the English language. Nine chapters devoted to different linguistic disciplines gather articles covering sound and spelling changes, historical word-formation processes, selected semantic domains, and manuscript variants.

In the broader perspective the book addresses the history of linguistic thought with authors incorporating different tools of analysis in historical research.