Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective

Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective
ISBN-10
3110135388
ISBN-13
9783110135381
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Pages
346
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Authors
Toril Swan, Endre Mørck, Olaf Jansen Westvik

Description

A dozen articles from a symposium in Tromso, Norway, June 1991, look at Old English, Old Norse, and other elder Germanic tongues from comparative or historical perspectives, including runology. The topics include the development of runic script and its relationship to Germanic phonological history, the now phrase, comparatives, Latin-type accusatives and infinitives, verb-second syntax, and dating the break between High and Low German. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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