2.2 The Origin of Old Frisian Manuscripts

Chapters in this book

1. I-VI I
2. Abbreviations 7
3. Symbols 7
4. List of Maps 7
5. Foreword 8
6. 1 Introduction.
7. 1.1 Historical Development 11
8. 1.2 The Position of Frisian within Germanic 17
9. 1.3 The Periodization of Frisian 40
10. 1.4 The Frisian Speech Community: Past and Present 45
11. 2 Old Frisian.
12. 2.1 The Emergence of Frisian as a Literary Language 52
13. 2.2 The Origin of Old Frisian Manuscripts 68
14. 2.3 From West Germanic to Old Frisian 105
15. 2.4 Phonology 108
16. 2.5 Vowels 111
17. 2.6 Vowels in Unstressed Position 113
18. 2.7 Consonants 116
19. 2.8 Morphology. 2.9 Nouns 119
20. 2.10 Adjectives 124
21. 2.11 Comparison 127
22. 2.12 Adverbs 127
23. 2.13 Numerals 128
24. 2.14 Pronouns 131
25. 2.15 Verbs 138
26. 2.16 Syntax 164
27. 3 Modern Frisian.
28. 3.1 Modern West Frisian Dialects 173
29. 3.2 From Old Frisian to Modern West Frisian 187
30. 3.3 Position and Function of Modern West Frisian 202
31. 3.4 Survey of Post-Classical West Frisian Literature 206
32. 3.5 North Frisian Dialects 209
33. 3.6 Position and Function of North Frisian 247
34. 3.7 North Frisian Literature 248
35. 3.8 East Frisian 250
36. 3.9 Saterlandic 254
37. 4 Frisian Studies.
38. 4.1 A Brief History of Scholarship 258
39. 4.2 Onomastics 263
40. 5 Bibliography
41. 5 Bibliography 269
42. 6 Index of Names
43. 6 Index of Names 331