TY - BOOK ID - 77935005 TI - An introduction to Old Frisian PY - 2009 SN - 1282104659 9786612104657 9027290040 9789027290045 9027232555 9027232563 9789027232557 9789027232564 9781282104655 6612104651 PB - Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co. DB - UniCat KW - Frisian language KW - Friesian language KW - West Frisian language KW - Germanic languages KW - Grammar. KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77935005 AB - This is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian. Part One begins with a succinct survey of the history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Next follow chapters on the phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax of Old Frisian. This part is concluded by a chapter on the Old Frisian dialects and one on problems regarding the periodization of Frisian and the close relationship between (Old) Frisian and (Old) English. ER -