Elmer H. Antonsen Libri

The pioneering work of Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm in the areas of Germanic comparative and historical linguistics, lexicography, philology, and medieval studies places them squarely among the most important figures in the history of the language sciences. The contributions to this volume present a fascinating and timely reevaluation and reaffirmation of the significance of the Grimm Brothers' work in these areas, all of which the Grimms viewed as necessary components in their search for the essence of the German and Germanic Volksgeist.

„ANTONSENS Beiträge zur Runenforschung zeichnen sich nach eigener Einschätzung durch eine Methode linguistischer Rigorosität aus. Das macht ihre unzweifelbare Bedeutung aus. „Rigorism“ lädt aber auch zu kritischer Diskussion ein.“Heinrich Beck in: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 2/2006

A practical guidebook for students of German. This text provides a means for students to improve their knowledge and command of grammatically correct German as it is spoken and written, as well as introducing them to methods and tools of linguistic analysis in the areas of phonology and morphology.

Frontmatter -- 1. The runes, their phonological values and transliteration -- 2. Runic graphemes and their variations -- 3. Dating and relative chronology -- 4. Orthographic peculiarities -- 5. Phonology -- 6. Morphology -- 7. Syntax -- 8. Delimitation of languages/dialects represented in the Corpus -- Corpus of inscriptions -- List of works cited -- Index of inscriptions treated