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Goffart in a sentence

Using Goffart

  • In the example corpus, goffart often appears in combinations such as: walter goffart, mission goffart, goffart feels.

Context around Goffart

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

walter 3× mission 2×

Often after:

feels 2× 1988 1× notes 1× argues 1×

Sentence patterns with Goffart

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by walter goffart 1× goffart 1988 p 1× goffart does not 1× goffart notes other 1× gregorian mission goffart feels that 1× gregorian mission goffart feels were 1× historian walter goffart argues that 1× including walter goffart place little 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for the early 1× goffart 1988 p 1× goffart does not 1× goffart notes other 1× however historians including 1× the episode is 1×

Common sentence endings:

already been established 1× by walter goffart 1× in this narrative 1× life of wilfrid 1× newborn germanic entity 1× of depraved humanity 1×

Words around Goffart

Just before it in the word index:

goff 199 gofer 2 gofen 2 gofannon 2 gofa 4 gof 14

Just after it in the word index:

goffe 6 goffey 2 goffin 27 goffman 2 goffphotos 3 goffredo 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Goffart

  • In this selection, "goffart" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, walter, mission, feels, 1988 and notes stand out and add context to how "goffart" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by walter goffart and goffart 1988 p. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "goffart" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with goffart

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

However, historians including Walter Goffart place little trust in this narrative. (11 words)

The episode is read in a radically different way by Walter Goffart. (12 words)

For the early part of the work, up until the Gregorian mission, Goffart feels that Bede used Gildas 's De excidio. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Goffart does not exclude the possibility that Paul had really seen the skull, but believes that by the 740s the connection between sin and barbarism as exemplified by the skull cup had already been established. (35 words)

The historian Walter Goffart argues that Bede based the structure of the Historia on three works, using them as the framework around which the three main sections of the work were structured. (32 words)

Goffart 1988, p. 393 Alboin's death had a lasting impact, as it deprived the Lombards of the only leader they had that could have kept together the newborn Germanic entity. (31 words)

Example sentences (8)

For the early part of the work, up until the Gregorian mission, Goffart feels that Bede used Gildas 's De excidio.

Goffart 1988, p. 393 Alboin's death had a lasting impact, as it deprived the Lombards of the only leader they had that could have kept together the newborn Germanic entity.

Goffart does not exclude the possibility that Paul had really seen the skull, but believes that by the 740s the connection between sin and barbarism as exemplified by the skull cup had already been established.

Goffart notes other similar doubtful stories in the Historia and calls its account of Alboin's demise "a suitably ironic tale of the doings of depraved humanity".

However, historians including Walter Goffart place little trust in this narrative.

The episode is read in a radically different way by Walter Goffart.

The historian Walter Goffart argues that Bede based the structure of the Historia on three works, using them as the framework around which the three main sections of the work were structured.

The last section, detailing events after the Gregorian mission, Goffart feels were modelled on Stephen of Ripon 's Life of Wilfrid.

Common combinations with goffart

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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