Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #386761 in Books
• Published on: 1981-04-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Customer Reviews

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This book has everything you need! Great introduction, great grammatical appendix, great overview over the phonology and sound laws. I would imagine though that it is quite difficult for a reader with no knowledge of at least one of the scandinavian languages to read the texts.
I love this book.

Excellent, but incomplete
This book has an exhaustive, well-ordered description of grammar and phonetics. It covers the linguistic variations in different regions, and how the language changed with time. It also includes a wide selection of texts to practice on.

I have no criticism of whatis included in the book. My criticisms are reserved for what it does not cover - the glossary is rather sparse, an inadequate as a sole source of vocabulary. Furthermore the discussion of grammar rather too often describes by comparison with modern Scandinavian languages. It makes it rather hard on those readers who do not have the benefit of this knowledge!