The book presents conclusive answers to questions that had occupied critics for more than a century. It makes clear what exactly Beethoven and his contemporaries meant by the term «heroic» and it draws on interdisciplinary researches in the areas of Greek Mythology, Napoleonic History and Comparative Literature.

brings together work which utilises brings together work which utilises the comparative method of language study. the comparative method of language study. Topics include the examination of Topics include the examination of language change over time, the genetic language change over time, the genetic classification of language, lexicography, classification of language, lexicography, dialectology and etymology. dialectology and etymology. Pronunciation, lexis, morphology and syntax are Pronunciation, lexis, morphology and syntax are examined within the examined within the framework of historical linguistics. Both synchronic and framework of historical linguistics. Both synchronic and diachronic approaches diachronic approaches are used so that language is examined both at one time and across time. are used so that language is examined both at one time and across time. Historical Linguistics is still a young area of academic study, but it has its foundations in one of the oldest - philology. This series recognises both the seminal importance of philology, and the recent development through the conceptual framework provided by linguistic science. is based at the Department of Media, Culture and Languages at the University of Roehampton.

The present autobiography sets out from the contrast between "establishment" and "outsiders" in science and scholarship.

This collection of articles by colleagues and students of Leiv Egil Breivik presents studies within both core and peripheral areas of English historical linguistics. Topics range from core areas such as word order and pragmatics to the emergence of new syntactic constructions, language contact and aspects of style in Early Modern English.