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  • Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammarby Philip Holmes; Ian Hinchliffe

    Routledge 2003; US$ 60.95

    This new edition of Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Swedish grammar. It has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in certain areas of usage and to employ the new standards in Swedish. more...

  • Colloquial Danishby W.Glyn Jones; Kirsten Gade

    Routledge 2003; US$ 25.95

    Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the Colloquial Danish offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Danish. more...

  • The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntaxby Anders Holmberg; Christer Platzack

    Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 55.00

    In this book, Holmberg and Platzack present a theory of the role which subject-verb agreement and case morphology play in syntax. Their theory is based mainly on a detailed comparison of syntactical inflectional properties in the various Scandinavian languages, although many other languages are discussed as well. The theoretical issues discussed include abstract vs. morphological case, functional heads, verb-second, null subjects and other empty categories, pronouns and clitics, various impersonal constructions, long distance reflexives, and the double object construction. Probably the most detailed and comprehensive study to date of the interplay of case, subject-verb agreement, and other grammatical properties in the syntax of related languages,... more...

  • Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languagesby Sten Vikner

    Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 69.00

    This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.  more...

  • Colloquial Norwegianby Kari Bråtveit; Glyn Jones; Kirsten Gade

    Routledge 1995; US$ 23.95

    Colloquial Norwegian is easy to use and completely claer. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Norwegian. more...

  • Danishby Robin Allan

    Taylor & Francis 2000; US$ 40.95

    Ideal for any learner of the Danish language in early or middle stages, Danish: An Essential Grammar is an essential reference guide to the most important grammatical aspects of Danish as it is used today. more...

  • A handbook of Germanic etymologyby V.E. Orel

    BRILL 2003; US$ 241.00

    A reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic vocabulary as attested in ancient and modern Germanic languages and projected to the Proto-Germanic level. It contains linguistic information giving an outline of Proto-Germanic language, culture and prehistoric tradition. more...

  • Texts & contexts of the oldest Runic inscriptionsby T. Looijenga

    BRILL 2003; US$ 204.00

    This work gathers all older fufark inscriptions found in Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Bosnia, Rumania, Norway and Sweden. It includes essays on early runic writing, the contexts of runic objects, and a theory on the origin of runic writing. more...

  • Colloquial Icelandicby Daisy L. Neijmann

    Taylor & Francis 2001; US$ 28.95

    This series of lessons in written and spoken Icelandic should prove a helpful introduction to the language. Written by an experienced language teacher, "Colloquial Icelandic" aims to give the reader the confidence to communicate in a wide range of everyday situations. more...

  • The Germanic Languagesby Wayne Harbert

    Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 45.00

    Comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, providing a detailed account of their morphology, phonology and syntax. more...