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Germanic Interrelations
Studies in memory of Hans Frede Nielsen
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ISBN 9789027244888
This volume celebrates Hans Frede Nielsen’s contribution to the field of Germanic studies and his work as founding editor of the journal and book series North-Western European Language Evolution. Twenty peer-reviewed articles explore a broad range of topics involving North and West Germanic languages. Some studies focus on early runic inscriptions, others deal with features of modern varieties. All align in one way or another with Nielsen’s fields of interest, especially historical linguistics, and cover aspects of phonology, syntax, morphology, etymology, toponyms, ethnonyms, dialectology, text linguistics, linguistic historiography and language contact.
[NOWELE Supplement Series, 34] 2025. viii, 380 pp.
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Published online on 6 May 2025
Published online on 6 May 2025
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii
- Hans Frede Nielsen | pp. 1–8
- Publications by Hans Frede Nielsen | pp. 9–18
- Ostfries.-nd. Bau, Schuurschott und Tiek(e) — drei friesische Substratnamen für Insekten: Einige lexikalische Notizen zum FriesischenNils Århammar | pp. 19–33
- Towards an edition of the Hildina ballad (Hildinakvadet)Michael P. Barnes | pp. 34–49
- Prosodic complexity and mora counting in North GermanicHans Basbøll | pp. 50–71
- The etymology of Old Frisian ink ‘angry’Rolf H. Bremmer Jr, Sergio Neri and Roland Schuhmann | pp. 72–81
- Unity and diversity in basic color terms: A comparison of Germanic, Slavic, and RomanceBernard Comrie | pp. 82–102
- Of Angles and angels: Philology, history and the representation of identityJohn Hines | pp. 103–125
- Old West Frisian thēia*, Saterlandic taie and Modern West Frisian triuwe ‘to push’Jarich Hoekstra | pp. 126–137
- DeʒsastanJohn Insley | pp. 138–143
- Rasmus Rask and Vilhelm Thomsen: The Danish godfathers of Finnish linguisticsPetri Kallio | pp. 144–156
- Old English breaking: A parallel to Lachmann’s LawYuri Kleiner | pp. 157–172
- Relativsätze im SaterfriesischenStephen Laker and Pyt Kramer | pp. 173–201
- The uses of historical phonologyAnatoly Liberman | pp. 202–216
- Turmbau auf Färöisch: Sprachverwirrung in Rasmus Rasmussens Roman BábelstorniðChrister Lindqvist | pp. 217–239
- The Tienen inscription and the dialectal position of TungrianBernard Mees | pp. 240–268
- Der Name der Insel ThuleRobert Nedoma | pp. 269–286
- Frauennamen in alten niederländischen OrtsnamenArend Quak | pp. 287–294
- Latin brutes, sapo, burdoLudwig Rübekeil | pp. 295–311
- Nochmals zur Metrizität der älteren RuneninschriftenMichael Schulte | pp. 312–345
- Garden, town, villa and torg: Four emblematic words that influenced the vocabulary and semantics of European languagesIngmar Söhrman | pp. 346–355
- The Loveden Hill Urn: Its second runic sequence and an afterthoughtGaby Waxenberger | pp. 356–375
- Subject index | pp. 377–380