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Autore |
Rask Rasmus <1787-1832.> |
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Titolo |
Investigation of the origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic language [[electronic resource] /] / Rasmus Kristian Rask ; new edition of the 1993 English translation by Niels Ege ; with an introduction by Frans Gregersen |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-44022-3 |
90-272-7198-4 |
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Edizione |
[New ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800-1925, , 0304-0712 ; ; v. 18 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gothic language - History |
Old Norse language - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language; Editorial Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Foreword & Acknowledgments; Portrait of Rask; Introduction to the New Edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Rasmus Rask, the man and his career; 2.1 Early years; 2.2 To Iceland; 2.3 The great voyage to South Asia 1816-1823; 2.4 Back in Denmark 1823-1832; 2.5 Rasmus Rask in the history of Danish linguistics; 3. The prize essay; 3.1 A question and its consequences; 3.2 The genesis of Rask's prize essay; 4. Notes on the translator Niels Ege; References |
A. Works by Rasmus Rask 27B. Secondary sources; Translator's Note; Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language by RASMUS KRISTIAN RASK. Translated by Niels Ege; Preface.; TO THE KING.; Investigation of the Origin of The Old Norse or Icelandic Language; Table of Contents; Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language; Introduction; First Chapter; Second Chapter; Third Chapter; 1. Greenlandic; 2. Celtic; 3. Basque.; 4. Finnic.; 5. Slavic.; 6. Lettic; 7. Thracian; The Asiatic languages. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This edition constitutes a reprint of Niels Ege's English translation of Rasmus Rask's prize essay of 1818, which appeared as volume XXVI in the Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague in 1993. The prize essay was published in Danish in 1818. In contrast to other works by Rask, notably his introduction to the study of Icelandic, it was never reissued until Louis Hjelmslev published a corrected version in Danish as part of his edition of Rask's selected works. While Rask lived, a substantial part of the book was translated into German. The present work is, however, the only translated |
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