| The Syntax of Old Norse: With a Survey of the Inflectional Morphology and a Complete Bibliography Contributor(s): Faarlund, Jan Terje (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199271100 ISBN-13: 9780199271108 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $261.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 439.65 |
| LCCN: 2005295776 |
| Series: Oxford Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.38 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher 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. |