Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
2011 Online-Ausg. 2011
ISBN:
9783110885521
Series Statement:
Trends in linguistics 140
Content:
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.
Content:
Review text: "ANTONSENS Beiträge zur Runenforschung zeichnen sich nach eigener Einschätzung durch eine Methode linguistischer Rigorosität aus. Das macht ihre unzweifelbare Bedeutung aus. „Rigorism0 lädt aber auch zu kritischer Diskussion ein."Heinrich Beck in: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 2/2006
Content:
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
Content:
Biographical note: Elmer H. Antonsen is Professor emeritus of Linguistics and of Germanic Languages at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA.. - 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.. - Review text: "ANTONSENS Beiträge zur Runenforschung zeichnen sich nach eigener Einschätzung durch eine Methode linguistischer Rigorosität aus. Das macht ihre unzweifelbare Bedeutung aus. "Rigorism0 lädt aber auch zu kritischer Diskussion ein."Heinrich Beck in: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 2/2006
Note:
Online-Ausg. 2011
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110885521
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-11-088552-1
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Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110885521
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Author information:
Antonsen, Elmer H. 1929-2008
