Phonological evidence from the Continental Runic inscriptions

Phonological evidence from the Continental Runic inscriptions /

In using runic inscriptions as evidence for sound change, we tend to focus on the interpretation of individual texts, rather than examining the dataset as a whole. This study aims at the phonological analysis of a corpus of 90 runic inscriptions on the Continent to test claims that the phonological...

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Main Author: Findell, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, 2012
Series:Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 79.
Subjects:
Germanic languages > Phonology.
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Phonology.
Proto-Germanic language > Phonology.
Inscriptions, Runic.
Comparative linguistics.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prefatory note
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: Text
  • 1. The Continental runic inscriptions
  • 2. Phonology and runic orthography
  • 3. The diphthongs
  • 4. The back vocalics
  • 5. The front vocalics
  • 6. The low vowels
  • 7. The consonants
  • 8. The phonological system(s) of "Continental Runic"
  • Part II: Catalogue
  • Notes on catalogue entries
  • Catalogue entries
  • Appendix 1: Handlist of Continental runic inscriptions excluded from the corpus
  • Appendix 2: Suspect inscriptions. Possible forgeries and the assessment of authenticity
  • Appendix 3: The "Berlin" scabbard mouthpiece
  • Maps
  • Bibliography
  • Index of inscriptions.

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