TY - BOOK ID - 18100409 TI - The unaccented vowels of Proto-Norse PY - 1994 VL - v. 11 SN - 09008675 SN - 8778380499 9786613886958 9027272859 1283574500 9789027272850 9788778380494 PB - [Odense] Odense University Press DB - UniCat KW - Old Norse language KW - -Old Norse language KW - -Inscriptions, Runic KW - Runic inscriptions KW - Inscriptions, Norse KW - Runes KW - Altnordish language KW - Icelandic and Old Norse languages KW - Icelandic language KW - Norwegian language KW - Old Icelandic language KW - Old Norwegian language KW - Western Norse language KW - Extinct languages KW - Scandinavian languages KW - Vowels KW - Phonology, Historical KW - Inscriptions, Runic. KW - Vowels. KW - Phonology, Historical. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18100409 AB - The Unaccented Vowels of Proto-Norse attempts to analyse the unaccented vowel system attested in the proto-Norse period, as partially attested in the older runic inscriptions in the elder futhark. Each chapter in turn assesses the evidence for unaccented syllables of a particular category, whether inflectional or derivational, and decides whether any reliable conclusions can be drawn from it. It is argued that too many widely accepted views are based on insufficient and poor methodology, and that too little note has been taken of the fact that viable alternatives exist alongside most of ER -