Frisian / T.L. Markey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markey, Thomas L.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. State-of-the-arts report ; 13.

Trends in linguistics ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frisian philology--History.

Frisian philology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

The Hague ; New York : Mouton Publishers, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Frisian".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Abbreviations

Symbols

List of Maps

Foreword

1 Introduction.

1.1 Historical Development

1.2 The Position of Frisian within Germanic

1.3 The Periodization of Frisian

1.4 The Frisian Speech Community: Past and Present

2 Old Frisian.

2.1 The Emergence of Frisian as a Literary Language

2.2 The Origin of Old Frisian Manuscripts

2.3 From West Germanic to Old Frisian

2.4 Phonology

2.5 Vowels

2.6 Vowels in Unstressed Position

2.7 Consonants

2.8 Morphology. 2.9 Nouns

2.10 Adjectives

2.11 Comparison

2.12 Adverbs

2.13 Numerals

2.14 Pronouns

2.15 Verbs

2.16 Syntax

3 Modern Frisian.

3.1 Modern West Frisian Dialects

3.2 From Old Frisian to Modern West Frisian

3.3 Position and Function of Modern West Frisian

3.4 Survey of Post-Classical West Frisian Literature

3.5 North Frisian Dialects

3.6 Position and Function of North Frisian

3.7 North Frisian Literature

3.8 East Frisian

3.9 Saterlandic

4 Frisian Studies.

4.1 A Brief History of Scholarship

4.2 Onomastics

5 Bibliography

6 Index of Names

6 Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-330) and index.

ISBN:

9783110815719

3110815710

OCLC:

794663369