This is the first account of Old Norse for a hundred years and the first ever in a non-Scandinavian language. It presents a full analysis of Old Norse syntax and succinct descriptions of its phonology and morphology.
Old Norse was the language of the Vikings and the Old Icelandic sagas and is the best documented medieval Germanic language. Professor Faarlund supports his analysis with numerous prose examples taken from the most reliable Norwegian and Icelandic manuscript editions. His approach is descriptive, set in a framework of generative grammar with technical details kept to a minimum. He includes a complete bibliography of the syntax of Old Norse.
This book will interest students and scholars of Nordic languages, civilizations, and history as well as those studying historical linguistics, diachronic syntax, and Germanic and Scandinavian languages.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-923559-9 (9780199235599)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jan Terje Faarlund is Professor of Scandinavian Linguistics, University of Oslo. He previously held the same position at the University of Trondheim, and was Professor of Linguistics and Norwegian Studies at the University of Chicago, where he is still affiliated as a research associate in the Department of Linguistics.
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, University of Oslo
Abbreviations and Sources ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Phonology ; 3. Inflectional Morphology ; 4. The Noun Phrase ; 5. Determiner Phrases ; 6. The Adjective Phrase ; 7. The Prepositional Phrase ; 8. The Verb Phrase ; 9. The Finite Sentence ; 10. Subordinate Clauses ; 11. Reflexive Binding ; Bibliography of Old Norse Syntax ; Subject Index ; Word Index
