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Runes and Germanic linguistics /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
New York : Mouton de Gruyter,
2002.
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| Colección: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
140. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Figures; Tables; Chapter 1 What is runology?; 1.1 The role of paleography; 1.2 Proper focus; 1.3 Runology and mythology; Chapter 2 The oldest recorded Germanic; 2.1 Linguistic reconstruction; 2.2 Linguistic inventories vs. linguistic structures; 2.3 Proto-Germanic vowels; 2.4 Late Proto-Germanic; 2.5 Defining Proto-Germanic; 2.6 The end of Proto-Germanic; 2.7 What's in a name?; 2.8 Northwest Germanic: Language and inscriptions; 2.9 The end of Northwest Germanic; 2.10 Conclusion; Chapter 3 The earliest Germanic writing system; 3.1 The nature of runes; 3.2 The older, or Germanic fuþark
- Chapter 4 The graphemic system of the older runes4.1 Uncertain runes; 4.2 Distinctive features; 4.3 Variant runes; Chapter 5 The fifteenth rune; 5.1 Earlier attempts at deciphering; 5.2 The rise of comparative linguistics; 5.3 The conflict over Schleswig-Holstein; 5.4 Peter Andreas Munch; 5.5 Ludvig Wimmer; 5.6 Present-day scholars; 5.7 Reinterpretation; 5.8 Chronology; 5.9 Northwest Germanic /r/ and /z/; 5.10 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Age and origin of the fuþark; 6.1 Earlier views on the age and origin; 6.2 Erik Moltke and the Danish theory; 6.3 A structural approach to the question of origins
- 6.4 The Latin theory6.5 "Primitive alphabets"; 6.6 Inscriptions on metal; 6.7 Writing traditions; 6.8 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Reading runic inscriptions; 7.1 Directionality and arrangement; 7.2 The Järsberg stone; 7.3 Other runestones of more than one line; 7.4 The Tune stone; 7.5 A question of alignment: The Opedal stone; 7.6 Hidden boustrophedon; 7.7 Transposed runes; 7.8 Conclusion; Chapter 8 Dating runic inscriptions; 8.1 Linguistic and runological evidence; 8.2 Pseudo-evidence for dating; 8.3 No help from archeologists: The Strøm whetstone; 8.4 Different materials, different shapes?
- 8.5 Relative dating from linguistic evidence8.6 Chronological stalemate in the older period; Chapter 9 Sacral or secular?; 9.1 Magical "solutions" and their consequences; 9.2 "Imaginative" and "skeptical" runologists; 9.3 Not intended for human eyes; 9.4 The assumed magical power of the runes; 9.5 The runemaster, erilaz, as "runemagician"; 9.6 The runemaster and the cult of Odin; 9.7 "Runic tradition" through the millenia; Chapter 10 Runic typology; 10.1 The role of typology; 10.2 The nature of the corpus; 10.3 Inscriptions with isolated words; 10.4 Names in isolation; 10.5 Single runes
- 10.6 Isolated names on loose objects10.7 Isolated names on stones; 10.8 Commemorative inscriptions; 10.9 Inscriptions without verbs; 10.10 Symbols of office; Chapter 11 Phonological rules and paradigms; 11.1 Laws of final syllables; 11.2 The phonological rules; 11.3 Root-consonant and i-stems; 11.4 Repatterning of the paradigms; 11.5 Confirming evidence; 11.6 The genitive plural and trimoric vowels; 11.7 Proto-Indo-European vowel sequences; Chapter 12 Some controversial grammatical forms; 12.1 Proper names in -o; 12.2 Proper names without endings; 12.3 Nouns with nominative -s