A01=Elmer H. Antonsen
Altgermanische Sprachen
Author_Elmer H. Antonsen
Category=CFF
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Product details
- ISBN 9783110174625
- Weight: 822g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jul 2002
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Elmer H. Antonsen is Professor emeritus of Linguistics and of Germanic Languages at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA.
