.formation to give a contrastive view of the issue. The following methods were applied in the research: 1. Descriptive analysis; 2. Historical-philological analysis; 3. Comparative analysis. This work consists of introduction, one chapter, conclusion, list of references and appendixes.

Free summary and analysis of the events in E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime that won't make you snore.

The introduction covers topicality, theoretical base of research, as well as, methods of research and the structure of the work. In the 1st chapter we are concerned with linguistic situation in Old English and Medieval period. The conclusion colligates the main propositions and ultimate results of the research. The research is founded on fundamental works of well-known scholars such as A.C.

Baugh [1978], D. Crystal [1995, 1997]; Russian scientists: V.D Arakin [1985], A.A. Rastorgueva [1997], B.A. Ilyish [1973] and many others. LINGUISTIC SITUATION IN OLD ENGLISH AND MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD 1.1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTHARK The earliest form of German writing is commonly believed to be connected to the early Germanic runes. Old English was first written in the runic alphabet which was called FUTHARK. It was named after the first six letters.

The reason for the unique sequences of characters in the futhark is unknown. It is proposed that this sequence was the result of some mnemonic device which is no longer retrievable, but which may have left some slight echo in the runic poems preserved in the medieval manuscripts [38]. The Old Germanic runic alphabet consisted of. Tkp 45 302 70 2009. Words: 9916 - Pages: 40.

It's a summer day in New Rochelle, New York, in the early 1900s. An upper-middle class family —Father, Mother, Grandfather, and Little Boy—are hanging out in a home Father built back in 1902. Mother's Younger Brother walks on the beach, head over heels for a famous model named Evelyn Nesbit, whose husband just shot her former lover, the architect Stanford White. Yikes, juicy gossip. We might think twice about dating a lady with a homicidal husband, though Little Boy watches a chauffeured car approach the house and then crash into telephone pole. Out steps the famous escape artist,. He visits with the family and does some tricks.

Then he heads off, but not before he's told by the Little Boy to 'warn the Duke.' Whoa, what's that supposed to mean? You'll find out.