Ælfric’s homilies and incipient typological change in the 12th century English word-formation

Abstract

Comparing the Early Middle English copies of three homilies by Ælfric of Eynsham, the study explores relations between the incipient typological transformation of English and changes in its word-formation.

Keywords

• Ælfric’s homilies
• typological change
• 12th century English word-formation