Runes and Germanic LinguisticsWalter de Gruyter, 20 kwi 2011 - 402 TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. |
Spis treści
1 | |
3 | |
13 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | |
24 Late ProtoGermanic | 23 |
25 Defining ProtoGermanic | 26 |
95 The runemaster erilaz as runemagician | 185 |
96 The runemaster and the cult of Odin | 188 |
97 Runic tradition through the millenia | 200 |
Chapter 10 Runic typology | 207 |
103 Inscriptions with isolated words | 209 |
104 Names in isolation | 214 |
105 Single runes | 215 |
106 Isolated names on loose objects | 217 |
26 The end of ProtoGermanic | 29 |
27 Whats in a name? | 31 |
Language and inscriptions | 32 |
29 The end of Northwest Germanic | 34 |
Chapter 3 The earliest Germanic writing system | 37 |
32 The older or Germanic fuþark | 42 |
Chapter 4 The graphemic system of the older runes | 51 |
42 Distinctive features | 52 |
43 Variant runes | 55 |
Chapter 5 The fifteenth rune | 73 |
52 The rise of comparative linguistics | 74 |
53 The conflict over SchleswigHolstein | 76 |
55 Ludvig Wimmer | 79 |
56 Presentday scholars | 81 |
57 Reinterpretation | 83 |
58 Chronology | 87 |
59 Northwest Germanic r and z | 89 |
510 Conclusion | 90 |
Chapter 6 Age and origin of the fuþark | 93 |
63 A structural approach to the question of origins | 99 |
64 The Latin theory | 106 |
65 Primitive alphabets | 108 |
66 Inscriptions on metal | 111 |
67 Writing traditions | 114 |
68 Conclusion | 116 |
Chapter 7 Reading runic inscriptions | 119 |
72 The Järsberg stone | 120 |
73 Other runestones of more than one line | 123 |
74 The Tune stone | 126 |
The Opedal stone | 134 |
76 Hidden boustrophedon | 142 |
77 Transposed runes | 144 |
78 Conclusion | 148 |
Chapter 8 Dating runic inscriptions | 149 |
82 Pseudoevidence for dating | 150 |
The Strøm whetstone | 155 |
84 Different materials different shapes? | 162 |
85 Relative dating from linguistic evidence | 163 |
86 Chronological stalemate in the older period | 166 |
Chapter 9 Sacral or secular? | 169 |
92 Imaginative and skeptical runologists | 170 |
93 Not intended for human eyes | 172 |
94 The assumed magical power of the runes | 176 |
107 Isolated names on stones | 218 |
108 Commemorative inscriptions | 222 |
109 Inscriptions without verbs | 224 |
1010 Symbols of office | 230 |
Chapter 11 Phonological rules and paradigms | 237 |
112 The phonological rules | 240 |
113 Rootconsonant and istems | 242 |
114 Repatterning of the paradigms | 247 |
115 Confirming evidence | 251 |
116 The genitive plural and trimoric vowels | 254 |
117 ProtoIndoEuropean vowel sequences | 256 |
Chapter 12 Some controversial grammatical forms | 261 |
122 Proper names without endings | 273 |
123 Nouns with nominative s | 279 |
124 The verb faihijanan | 280 |
125 The ghostform irilaz | 282 |
Chapter 13 Runic syntax | 285 |
132 Descriptive adjectives | 287 |
133 Attributive genitive | 291 |
134 Pronominal modifiers | 292 |
135 Position of the verb | 293 |
136 Conclusion | 296 |
Chapter 14 Archaicizing inscriptions | 297 |
142 The Setre comb | 299 |
143 The Ellestad stone | 301 |
144 The Strøm whetstone | 302 |
145 The Björketorp and Stentoften stones | 303 |
146 The Jelling stones 1 and 2 | 313 |
Chapter 15 The Weser runebones | 315 |
152 Piepers imaginative runological interpretation | 317 |
153 Critique of Piepers interpretation | 320 |
154 A skeptical runological interpretation | 325 |
Chapter 16 Old English digraphic spellings | 329 |
162 The rise of syllabic variants | 330 |
163 PreAnglian developments | 333 |
164 West Saxon developments | 338 |
165 The role of the runes | 339 |
343 | |
367 | |
371 | |
375 | |
379 | |