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New edition of the 1993 English translation. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925,
0304-0712 ;
v. 18
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series I, Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925 ; v. 18.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language; Editorial Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Foreword & Acknowledgments; Portrait of Rask; Introduction to the New Edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Rasmus Rask, the man and his career; 2.1 Early years; 2.2 To Iceland; 2.3 The great voyage to South Asia 1816-1823; 2.4 Back in Denmark 1823-1832; 2.5 Rasmus Rask in the history of Danish linguistics; 3. The prize essay; 3.1 A question and its consequences; 3.2 The genesis of Rask's prize essay; 4. Notes on the translator Niels Ege; References. |
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A. Works by Rasmus Rask27B. Secondary sources; Translator's Note; Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language by RASMUS KRISTIAN RASK. Translated by Niels Ege; Preface.; TO THE KING.; Investigation of the Origin of The Old Norse or Icelandic Language; Table of Contents; Origin of the Old Norseor Icelandic Language; Introduction; First Chapter; Second Chapter; Third Chapter; 1. Greenlandic; 2. Celtic; 3. Basque.; 4. Finnic.; 5. Slavic.; 6. Lettic; 7. Thracian; The Asiatic languages. |
| Summary |
This edition constitutes a reprint of Niels Ege's English translation of Rasmus Rask's prize essay of 1818, which appeared as volume XXVI in the Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague in 1993. The prize essay was published in Danish in 1818. In contrast to other works by Rask, notably his introduction to the study of Icelandic, it was never reissued until Louis Hjelmslev published a corrected version in Danish as part of his edition of Rask's selected works. While Rask lived, a substantial part of the book was translated into German. The present work is, however, the only translat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Old Norse language -- History.
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Old Norse language. |
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History. |
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Gothic language -- History.
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Gothic language. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ege, Niels, translator.
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| Added Title |
Undersögelse om det gamle nordiske eller islandske sprogs oprindelse. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96073920
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rask, Rasmus, 1787-1832. Investigation of the origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language New edition of the 1993 English translation. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027208811 (DLC) 2013007938 |
| ISBN |
9789027271983 (pdf) |
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9027271984 (pdf) |
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9789027208811 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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1299440223 |
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9781299440227 |
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