ENGLISH

The syntax of old norse

By Jan Terje Faarlund

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2008
ISBN
9780199235599, 0199235597
Open Library ID
OL9493063M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1130889 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
319\319
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Языки и языкознание;Древнеисландский язык

Description

This book offers the first account of Old Norse syntax for almost a hundred years and the first ever in a non-Scandinavian language. The language of the Vikings and of the Old Icelandic sagas is the best documented medieval Germanic language and the author is able to present a comprehensive analysis of its syntax and overviews of its phonology and morphology. He supports his analyses with examples taken from Norwegian and Icelandic manuscript editions. Professor Faarlund's approach is descriptive, in a generative framework with a minimum of technical detail. He includes a complete bibliography of Old Norse syntax. The book is intended for advanced students and scholars of historical linguistics, Germanic and Scandinavian languages, Norse philology, and all others with a serious interest in Nordic languages, civilizations, and history.

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