ISBN10: 0199235597, ISBN13: 9780199235599, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. 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 reliableNorwegian 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 ofOld 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. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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