A grammar of the Icelandic or old Norse tongue / / Rasmus Kristian Rask ; translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent

• Autore: Rask Rasmus <1787-1832.>
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Benjamins, 1976
• Edizione: New edition, with a preface, an introductory article, bibliographies and notes /
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 pages)
• Disciplina: 439/.6/82421
• Soggetto topico: Old Norse language - Grammar
• Altri autori: DasentGeorge Webbe, Sir, <1817-1896.> MarkeyThomas L
• Note generali: Reprint of the 1843 ed. published by W. Pickering, London.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography of works by R.K. Rask: p. xxxvii-xliii.; Bibliography: p. xliv-lii.
• Nota di contenuto: A GRAMMAR OF THE ICELANDIC OR OLD NORSE TONGUE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; RASMUS KRISTIAN RASK HIS LIFE AND WORK; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RASK'S WORKS; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES; A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION; CORRECTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Translator's Preface.; FIRST PART. The System of the Alphabet.; CHAPTER I. On the forms of the Letters.; CHAPTER II. Of Pronunciation.; CHAPTER III. On the change of sound in the old Norse.; CHAPTER IV. On the transition of words.; SECOND PART. The System of Inflection.; CHAPTER V. Of Substantives. ; CHAPTER VI. Of Adjectives.CHAPTER VII. Of Pronouns; CHAPTER VIII. Of Verbs.; CHAPTER IX. Of the Particles.; THIRD PART. The Formation of words.; CHAPTER X. General View.; CHAPTER XI. Derivation.; CHAPTER XII. Composition.; FOURTH PART. Syntax.; CHAPTER XIII. General view.; CHAPTER XIV. Syntax of Substantives.; CHAPTER XV. Syntax of Adjectives.; CHAPTER XVI. Syntax of Pronouns.; CHAPTER XVII. Syntax of Verbs.; CHAPTER XVIII. Particles.; CHAPTER XIX. Of Ellipses.; FIFTH PART. Prosody.; CHAPTER XX. Metres.; CHAPTER XXI. Of the different kinds of verse.; CHAPTER XXII. Kinds of Poetry. ; CHAPTER XXIII. Modern Poetry. SIXTH PART. Of the Dialects.; CHAPTER XXIV. Historical View.; CHAPTER XXV. The Oldest and Poetic Dialect.; CHAPTER XXVI. The modern Tongue.; EXTRACTS IN PROSE AND VERSE BY WAY OF PRAXIS.; A Hinar fornu runir; The series AMSTERDAM CLASSICS IN LINGUISTICS, 1800-1925
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains a reprint of the English translation (1843) by Sir George Webbe Dasent of Rask's Anvising till Isländskan eller Nordiska Fornspråket (1818). This re-edition, with an added bio-bibliography of Rask, should enable the linguist of today to obtain a fairly rounded picture of this important 19th-century scholar who, together with Bopp and Grimm, has justly been ranked among the founding fathers of the comparative-historical study of Indo-European languages. Rasmus Kristian Rask (1787-1832) did not occupy himself with historical linguistics alone as a comparativist,
• Titolo autorizzato: A grammar of the Icelandic or old Norse tongue
• ISBN: 1-283-05141-9; 9786613051417; 90-272-8656-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808579803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series I, . -Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925 ; ; 2.