Ælfric’s Grammar

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Ælfric’s Grammar is an early medieval Latin grammar written in Old English, designed to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students and notable as one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe.

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Ælfrician corpus 1
Ælfric’s Glossary 1
Ælfric’s Grammar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin grammar
Old English prose work
medieval grammatical treatise
vernacular grammar
aboutLanguage Latin
approximateDate early 11th century
late 10th century
associatedWith Benedictine Reform
surface form: Benedictine Reform movement in England
author Ælfric of Eynsham
circulation monastic schools in Anglo-Saxon England
countryOfOrigin England
culture Anglo-Saxon England
didacticGenre schoolbook
educationalAudience Anglo-Saxon students
educationalLevel elementary Latin instruction
field medieval education
philology
form prose
genre grammar
hasVernacularCommentaryOn Donatus-style Latin grammar tradition
historicalSignificance early example of using a vernacular language to explain Latin grammar
influenced later medieval Latin teaching in England
intendedUse school textbook
language Old English
medium manuscript
notableFor being one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe
explaining Latin grammar using Old English
originalLanguageOfExamples Latin
originalLanguageOfExplanations Old English
originallyComposedIn England
partOf Ælfric’s Grammar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ælfric’s educational writings
purpose to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students
region Western Europe
relatedWork Ælfric’s Colloquy
Ælfric’s Glossary
script Latin alphabet
subjectArea Latin language instruction
medieval linguistics
teaches Latin morphology
Latin syntax
teachingMethod explanation of Latin terms in Old English
use of examples to illustrate grammatical rules
timePeriod early Middle Ages
usesVernacular Old English

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ælfric of Eynsham notableWork Ælfric’s Grammar
Ælfric of Eynsham notableWork Ælfric’s Grammar
this entity surface form: Ælfric’s Glossary
Ælfric’s Grammar partOf Ælfric’s Grammar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ælfric’s educational writings
Preface to Genesis associatedWith Ælfric’s Grammar
this entity surface form: Ælfrician corpus