LEADER 03875nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910453085703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-44022-3 010 $a90-272-7198-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018348 035 $a(EBL)1161966 035 $a(OCoLC)836403388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000856329 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11488178 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856329 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10817859 035 $a(PQKB)11173614 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1161966 035 $a(DLC) 2013011338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1161966 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10682154 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL475272 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018348 100 $a20130315d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInvestigation of the origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic language$b[electronic resource] /$fRasmus Kristian Rask ; new edition of the 1993 English translation by Niels Ege ; with an introduction by Frans Gregersen 205 $aNew ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Publishing Company$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800-1925,$x0304-0712 ;$vv. 18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-0881-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInvestigation 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 327 $aA. 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. 330 $aThis edition constitutes a reprint of Niels Ege's English translation of Rasmus Rask's prize essay of 1818, which appeared as volume XXVI in the Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague in 1993. The prize essay was published in Danish in 1818. In contrast to other works by Rask, notably his introduction to the study of Icelandic, it was never reissued until Louis Hjelmslev published a corrected version in Danish as part of his edition of Rask's selected works. While Rask lived, a substantial part of the book was translated into German. The present work is, however, the only translated 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries I,$pAmsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925 ;$vv. 18. 606 $aGothic language$xHistory 606 $aOld Norse language$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGothic language$xHistory. 615 0$aOld Norse language$xHistory. 676 $a439/.609 700 $aRask$b Rasmus$f1787-1832.$0172572 701 $aEge$b Niels$0991732 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453085703321 996 $aInvestigation of the origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic language$92269683 997 $aUNINA