Runes and Germanic Linguistics

Name: Runes and Germanic Linguistics
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ISBN: 9783110174625

ISBN-10: 3110174626

ISBN-13: 9783110174625

Edition: 2002

Authors: Elmer H. Antonsen

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Description:

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.

Book details

List price: $149.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication date: 7/30/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 402
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.06" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



Preface


Figures


Tables



What is runology?



The oldest recorded Germanic



The earliest Germanic writing system



The graphemic system of the older runes



The fifteenth rune



Age and origin of the fupark



Reading runic inscriptions



Dating runic inscriptions



Sacral or secular?



Runic typology



Phonological rules and paradigms



Some controversial grammatical forms



Runic syntax



"Archaicizing" inscriptions



The Weser runebones



Old English digraphic spellings


References


Index of inscriptions


Index of runic words


Index of names


Index of subjects