John Considine
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- December 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198785019
- eISBN:
- 9780191827211
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785019.003.0023
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Lexicography, English Language
In the seventeenth century, the concept of language death was a new one. Dying languages had not been singled out for lexicographical attention in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century: hence the ...
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In the seventeenth century, the concept of language death was a new one. Dying languages had not been singled out for lexicographical attention in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century: hence the notes which preserve words from the Yassic and Ragusan languages are very sparse. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some dying languages were spoken in territories which were hard to reach, for instance Crimean Gothic and Norn, or were not clearly distinguished from neighbouring languages, for instance Dalmatian and Vegliot Romanian.Less
In the seventeenth century, the concept of language death was a new one. Dying languages had not been singled out for lexicographical attention in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century: hence the notes which preserve words from the Yassic and Ragusan languages are very sparse. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some dying languages were spoken in territories which were hard to reach, for instance Crimean Gothic and Norn, or were not clearly distinguished from neighbouring languages, for instance Dalmatian and Vegliot Romanian.
Philip Kitcher and Richard Schacht
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195183603
- eISBN:
- 9780199850457
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183603.003.0008
- Subject:
- Music, Opera
Wotan’s internal conflicts were believed to have originated when he made a decision to build Valhalla—an arrangement that he did not intend to push through with. In Wotan’s explanation to Brünnhilde, ...
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Wotan’s internal conflicts were believed to have originated when he made a decision to build Valhalla—an arrangement that he did not intend to push through with. In Wotan’s explanation to Brünnhilde, however, he refers his earlier misdeeds to how he was driven by impulsive desires in achieving power. Wotan admitted that at some point he resorted to becoming one who was deceitful since he willingly took advantage of those whom he was conversing with. Wotan’s law and order system was instituted in a manner that differed greatly with how his character and spirit were portrayed. This chapter illustrates how the First Norn mentions the branch-turned-spear, and how this incident seems similar to how the gold was molded into the Ring.Less
Wotan’s internal conflicts were believed to have originated when he made a decision to build Valhalla—an arrangement that he did not intend to push through with. In Wotan’s explanation to Brünnhilde, however, he refers his earlier misdeeds to how he was driven by impulsive desires in achieving power. Wotan admitted that at some point he resorted to becoming one who was deceitful since he willingly took advantage of those whom he was conversing with. Wotan’s law and order system was instituted in a manner that differed greatly with how his character and spirit were portrayed. This chapter illustrates how the First Norn mentions the branch-turned-spear, and how this incident seems similar to how the gold was molded into the Ring.
Ruth H. Sanders
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780226493893
- eISBN:
- 9780226493923
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226493923.003.0003
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
In the ninth century AD, the Norse settled first in the Faroe Islands, and then in Iceland, where they built a farming and fishing economy. The Norse culture created in the Faroes and Iceland was ...
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In the ninth century AD, the Norse settled first in the Faroe Islands, and then in Iceland, where they built a farming and fishing economy. The Norse culture created in the Faroes and Iceland was chronicled in the Icelandic sagas. Icelanders and other Norse sailors traveled to Greenland, where they built a civilization patterned on those of Iceland and Norway. They also sailed to North America ("Vinland") but stayed there only a few years. By the twelfth century the Icelanders had begun to consider Icelandic a language independent from its ancestor language Old Norse, while Faroese would be considered a dialect of Icelandic until centuries later.Less
In the ninth century AD, the Norse settled first in the Faroe Islands, and then in Iceland, where they built a farming and fishing economy. The Norse culture created in the Faroes and Iceland was chronicled in the Icelandic sagas. Icelanders and other Norse sailors traveled to Greenland, where they built a civilization patterned on those of Iceland and Norway. They also sailed to North America ("Vinland") but stayed there only a few years. By the twelfth century the Icelanders had begun to consider Icelandic a language independent from its ancestor language Old Norse, while Faroese would be considered a dialect of Icelandic until centuries later.
