Runes and Germanic linguistics / Elmer H. Antonsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antonsen, Elmer H.

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 140

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Runic.

Old Norse language.

Runes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The older runic inscriptions (ca. AD 150 - 450) represent the earliest attestation of any Germanic language. The close relationship of these inscriptions to the archaic Mediterranean writing traditions is demonstrated through the linguistic and orthographic analysis presented here. The extraordinary importance of these inscriptions for a proper understanding of the prehistory and early history of the present-day Germanic languages, including English, becomes abundantly clear once the accu-mulation of unfounded claims of older mythological and cultic studies is cleared away.

Contents:

Front matter

Chapter 1 What is runology?

Chapter 2 The oldest recorded Germanic

Chapter 3 The earliest Germanic writing system

Chapter 4 The graphemic system of the older runes

Chapter 5 The fifteenth rune

Chapter 6 Age and origin of the fuþark

Chapter 7 Reading runic inscriptions

Chapter 8 Dating runic inscriptions

Chapter 9 Sacral or secular?

Chapter 10 Runic typology

Chapter 11 Phonological rules and paradigms

Chapter 12 Some controversial grammatical forms

Chapter 13 Runic syntax

Chapter 14 "Archaicizing" inscriptions

Chapter 15 The Weser runebones

Chapter 16 Old English digraphic spellings

References

Index of inscriptions

Index of runic words

Index of names

Index of subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-366) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110885521

3110885522

OCLC:

843635544