Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 670 g
History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary
Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 670 g
ISBN: 978-90-272-3255-7
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
This is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian. Part One begins with a succinct survey of the history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Next follow chapters on the phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax of Old Frisian. This part is concluded by a chapter on the Old Frisian dialects and one on problems regarding the periodization of Frisian and the close relationship between (Old) Frisian and (Old) English. Part Two consists of a reader with a representative selection of twenty-one texts with explanatory notes and a full glossary. A bibliography and a select index complete the book. Written by an experienced teacher and researcher in the field, An Introduction to Old Frisian is an essential resource for students and researchers of Frisian, Old English and other ‘Old’ Germanic languages and cultures, and for medievalists working in this area. The second unrevised 2011 reprint of the original edition contains several corrections.
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Table of contents
Preface
ix–xii
Chapter I. History: The when, where and what of Old Frisian
1–9
Chapter II. Phonology: The sounds of Old Frisian
21–51
Chapter III. Morphology: The inflections of Old Frisian
53–86
Chapter IV. Lexicology: Word formation and loan words in Old Frisian
87–96
Chapter V. Syntax: The sentence elements of Old Frisian
97–108
Chapter VI. Dialectology: The faces of Old Frisian
109–118
Chapter VII. Two long-standing problems: The periodization of Frisian and the Anglo-Frisian complex
119–128
Reader
129–186
Glossary
187–220
Bibliography
221–228
Index of words to chapters on grammar
229–237
