Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary

This classic book on the Icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in Iceland. Originally published in 1945, the grammar gives reliable information on pronunciation, inflexions, and syntax of the language. The texts are partly grammatical exercises for the beginner, partly colloquial dialogues, or descriptions of customs and manners in Iceland--town and country. The geography and nature of the country is also discussed and elucidated with maps and drawings.

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Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary

This classic book on the Icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in Iceland. Originally published in 1945, the grammar gives reliable information on pronunciation, inflexions, and syntax of the language. The texts are partly grammatical exercises for the beginner, partly colloquial dialogues, or descriptions of customs and manners in Iceland--town and country. The geography and nature of the country is also discussed and elucidated with maps and drawings.

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Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary

Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary

by Stefán Einarsson
Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary

Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary

by Stefán Einarsson

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This classic book on the Icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in Iceland. Originally published in 1945, the grammar gives reliable information on pronunciation, inflexions, and syntax of the language. The texts are partly grammatical exercises for the beginner, partly colloquial dialogues, or descriptions of customs and manners in Iceland--town and country. The geography and nature of the country is also discussed and elucidated with maps and drawings.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801863578
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 01/01/2001
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 576
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Stefán Einarsson (1897-1972) was an Icelandic linguist, literary historian and former professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
How To Use This Book
Topical Index
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Contents
List of Illustrations
Grammar and Texts
Contents of Grammar
Grammar
Texts I
Texts II
Glossary

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