(ENG237) -  Thorhallur Eythorsson

Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

This course surveys the development of Old Norse from the earliest North Germanic fragmentary sources to the peak of the literary production in medieval Iceland. Particular attention is given to the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of Old Norse and its position among its earliest Germanic relatives: Gothic, Old English, Old Saxon, and Old High German. The topics covered include variation and change within Old Norse; the runic inscriptions; Germanic alliterative poetry; and Icelandic Sagas. The main emphasis, however, is on the grammar of the Old Norse language from a historical and a comparative perspective: phonology, morphology and syntax.

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Τετάρτη 29 Μαΐου 2019