Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2008. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 322 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. 2008. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0199235597 9780199235599 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. This is the first account of Old Norse for a hundred years and the first ever in a non-Scandinavian language. Professor Faarlund presents a full analysis of Old Norse syntax and succinct descriptions of its phonology and morphology. His approach is descriptive, set in a framework of generative grammar. ISBN 0199235597 9780199235599 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199235597, ISBN13: 9780199235599, [publisher: OUP Oxford] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]
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