Die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes sind das Ergebnis des 7. Internationalen Sprachsymposiums, welches im Juni 1991 an der Universität Tromsoe gehalten wurde. Das Buch ist eines der wenigen Werke, das sich mit linguistischen Aspekten verschiedener altgermanischer Sprachen beschäftigt. Bei der komparativen sowie historischen Betrachtungsweise der verschiedenen Sprachsysteme, wie beispielsweise der Erläuterung der Runenschriftzeichen, stehen Altenglisch sowie Altnordisch im Mittelpunkt.
The 12 articles in this collection are the result of The Seventh International Tromsoe Symposium on Language which was held in June 1991 at the Univerity of Tromsoe, Norway. The book is one of the few collections of work on various Older Germanic Languages and covers several areas of Germanic linguistics from a comparative or historical point of view, including runology. Old English and Old Norse are the languages that are most discussed.
The 12 articles in this collection are the result of The Seventh International Tromsoe Symposium on Language which was held in June 1991 at the Univerity of Tromsoe, Norway. The book is one of the few collections of work on various Older Germanic Languages and covers several areas of Germanic linguistics from a comparative or historical point of view, including runology. Old English and Old Norse are the languages that are most discussed.