A Grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse Tongue.

A Grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse Tongue.

This volume contains a reprint of the English translation (1843) by Sir George Webbe Dasent of Rask's Anvising till Isländskan eller Nordiska Fornspråket (1818). This re-edition, with an added bio-bibliography of Rask, should enable the linguist of today to obtain a fairly rounded picture of...

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Main Author: Rask, Rasmus Kristian
Other Authors: Webbe Dasent, sir George, Markey, Thomas L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1976.
Subjects:
Old Norse language > Grammar.
Old Norse language > Grammar
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Table of Contents:
  • A GRAMMAR OF THE ICELANDIC OROLD NORSE TONGUE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; RASMUS KRISTIAN RASK HIS LIFE AND WORK; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RASK'S WORKS; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES; A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION; CORRECTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Translator's Preface.; FIRST PART. The System of the Alphabet.; CHAPTER I. On the forms of the Letters.; CHAPTER II. Of Pronunciation.; CHAPTER III. On the change of sound in the old Norse.; CHAPTER IV. On the transition of words.; SECOND PART. The System of Inflection.; CHAPTER V. Of Substantives.
  • CHAPTER VI. Of Adjectives. CHAPTER VII. Of Pronouns; CHAPTER VIII. Of Verbs.; CHAPTER IX. Of the Particles.; THIRD PART. The Formation of words.; CHAPTER X. General View.; CHAPTER XI. Derivation.; CHAPTER XII. Composition.; FOURTH PART. Syntax.; CHAPTER XIII. General view.; CHAPTER XIV. Syntax of Substantives.; CHAPTER XV. Syntax of Adjectives.; CHAPTER XVI. Syntax of Pronouns.; CHAPTER XVII. Syntax of Verbs.; CHAPTER XVIII. Particles.; CHAPTER XIX. Of Ellipses.; FIFTH PART. Prosody.; CHAPTER XX. Metres.; CHAPTER XXI. Of the different kinds of verse.; CHAPTER XXII. Kinds of Poetry.
  • CHAPTER XXIII. Modern Poetry. SIXTH PART. Of the Dialects.; CHAPTER XXIV. Historical View.; CHAPTER XXV. The Oldest and Poetic Dialect.; CHAPTER XXVI. The modern Tongue.; EXTRACTS IN PROSE AND VERSE BY WAY OF PRAXIS.; A Hinar fornu runir; The series AMSTERDAM CLASSICS IN LINGUISTICS, 1800-1925.

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