Åsrunan. Användning och ljudvärde i runsvenska steninskrifter
Häftad bok. Institutionen för nordiska språk. 1990. 214 sidor.
Gott skick. En del spridda understrykningar med märkpenna. (Runrön 3)
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 915060807x
- Titel
- Åsrunan. Användning och ljudvärde i runsvenska steninskrifter [Elektronisk resurs]
- Författare
- Williams, Henrik 1958- - Uppsala universitet Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet
- Förlag
- Uppsala Institutionen för nordiska språk
- Utgivningsår
- 1990
- Språk
- Svenska
- Baksidestext
- The runic alphabet in the Viking Age (ca. 800-1100) only consisted of 16 characters. These did not cover the Rune-Swedish phoneme system. One of the runes, the so-called os -rune, was used for at least 8 different phonemes. By tradition it has been used to date Viking Age runic inscriptions in the Scandinavian countries. The present work investigates the phonetic and phonemic value of the os -rune in Rune-Swedish inscriptions on stone, altogether 1,745 instances in 961 inscriptions. On the basis of the analysis, the accepted view of the chronological value of the os -rune is assessed, and is found to be non-valid. The regional variations in the use of the os -rune are also studied, particularly in the context of individual rune-carvers, but also to see if any dialectal variation is discernable. It is found that there is a marked consistency in the use of the os -rune for either rounded or unrounded vowels. Inscriptions, where both uses occur, are concentrated to one small geographical area. There are also areas, where the use of the os -rune for rounded vowels is the rule.
Diss. Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 1990
Institutionen för nordiska språk
915060807x
