The Unaccented Vowels of Proto-Norse

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ID23137076
AuthorsMartin Syrett (corresponding author)
Year1994
Pages323
Publication date1994-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe unaccented vowels of Proto-Norse (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOdense University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1075/nss.11
OpenAlexW2174070022
ISBN9788778380494
Open LibraryOL831729M
LanguageEN
Citations received24

The Unaccented Vowels of Proto-Norse attempts to analyse the unaccented vowel system attested in the proto-Norse period, as partially attested in the older runic inscriptions in the elder futhark. Each chapter in turn assesses the evidence for unaccented syllables of a particular category, whether inflectional or derivational, and decides whether any reliable conclusions can be drawn from it. It is argued that too many widely accepted views are based on insufficient and poor methodology, and that too little note has been taken of the fact that viable alternatives exist alongside most of our theories about proto-Norse. In particular, a new realisation that the inscriptions are written in a less than perfect orthographic system, a notion that many scholars have often been unwilling to accept, leads to some interesting new interpretations of the data.

Linguistics · Old Norse · Realisation · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Historical Phonology · Icelandic and old norse languages · Inscriptions, runic · Old Norse language · Phonology, Historical · Runic Inscriptions · Vowels

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