Unlike many languages, icelandic has only very minor dialectal differences in sounds. What are some good sources for learning modern icelandic. Icelandicgrammarnouns wikibooks, open books for an open world. A nouns gender rarely has anything to do with biological gender, except in words for male or female people, animals, etc nouns used for nonliving things like furniture have gender too. The book begins with background on icelandic literature, outlining its literary roots in scandinavia.
We suggest printing out the icelandic exercise book and doing the exercises with a pencil or a pen. Here are some resources that ive found useful for the study of icelandic. The present book is, like so many other grammars of various languages recently published, the outgrowth of efforts begun in connection with the emergency training program in unusual languages sponsored by the american coun. Icelandic nouns can have one of three grammatical genders. You dont just learn about icelandic grammar, you learn how to talk about it in icelandic. Grammar, texts, glossary johns hopkins is recommended. Make the most of your trip to work by learning icelandic grammar on the way. Surveys except for annual bibliographies and works. Icelandic is closely related to, but not mutually intelligible with, the faroese language. It might be just what youre looking for, apart from the fact that its not a book. Icelandic is an inflected language with four cases.
Learn icelandic with an exercise book download for free. More than 53 pages of exercises in icelandic to help you learn essential words and phrases in the language. The icelandic language viking society web publications. However, the icelandic grammar section on wikipedia is quite good, in my opinion. Skak, reykjavik 1978, icelandic by stefan einarsson the john hopkins press, baltimore, 1949 and islensk beygingafri islandische. The geography and nature of the country is also discussed and elucidated with maps and drawings. Grammar texts glossary by einarsson, stefan book description baltimore. The language has both monophthongs and diphthongs, and many consonants can be voiced or unvoiced. Stefan einarsson this classic book on the icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in iceland. Going through those books was enough to make my transition to understanding written targetlanguage materials very easy a few years back. You can download the issues in pdf format for offline viewing. Of course ive only ever looked at it from the perspective of someone who is already fluent, but it has helped me explain many of the trickier grammar to nonnative speakers.
Icelandics links with old english are also reflected in the alphabet, which contains the old runic letters eth, the voiced th, and the t thorn, the unvoiced. Johns hopkins press, 1949 icelandic language 502 pages. Books written by stefan einarsson xlvii books coedited by stefan einarsson xlix a selected bibliography of articles by stefan einarsson l i. In general, they are used to link words to other words. A strong icelandic nationalist, who lived at the time when modern iceland was struggling to establish its independence from denmark, sveinsson highlights the drama of medieval iceland s loss of independence. The vast majority of icelandic speakersabout 320,000live in iceland. A guide to old english sixth edition bruce mitchell and fred c.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. The johns hopkins university press especially with text messaging, i think its not far fetched to believe that you will eventually be spelled just as u, similar to how i is a single letter word we dont spell it as aye or eye even though there are other ways. Indoeuropean linguistics an introduction icelandic.
Nouns, adjectives and pronouns are declined in four. Readers who desire more information are referred to islandische grammatik by bruno kress veb verlag enzyklopadie, leipzig 1982, a course in modern icelandic by jon fri. Stefan einarsson 9 june 1897 9 april 1972 was an icelandic linguist and literary historian, who was a professor at johns hopkins university in baltimore in. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hallgrimur petursson stefan 61afsson bjarni gissurarson j 6n vidalin pall vidalin enlightenment neoclassicism, 17501830. Stefan einarsson 9 june 1897 9 april 1972 was an icelandic linguist and literary historian, who was a professor at johns hopkins university in baltimore in the united states. Originally published in 1945, the grammar gives reliable information on pronunciation, inflexions, and syntax of the language. Each page provides a clear explanation of a particular aspect of icelandic grammar with examples of use.
Icelandic available for download and read online in other formats. Among the native lore history, per sonal history, genealogy, and law bulked large. Grammar, texts, glossary 2nd edition by einarsson, professor stefan isbn. For those teaching themselves old norse, try using the following combination of materials. The icelandic alphabet is a latinscript alphabet including some letters duplicated with acute accents. Grammar, text and glossary einarsson, prof stefan on. Icelandic is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order, clause structure, agreement patterns and case system arousing much theoretical interest and debate in recent years. Based on a set of opacity features formulated in functional discourse grammar, the degree of transparency of the two languages is compared. Icelandic is not an easy language to learn and this book is a real antique in its approach to language learning, so i can imagine the frustration of a student whose previous experiences are high school or college courses say beginning spanish or french or a berlitz or. Grammar, text and glossary stefan einarsson the johns hopkins press 1945. This is an informative and accessible guide to the structure of icelandic, focusing in particular on those characteristics that have contributed. A glossary of english grammar titles in the series include peter trudgill a glossary of sociolinguistics 0 7486 1623. A noun can be either masculine, feminine, or neuter. The study tests this hypothesis by investigating transparency in norwegian, which has been exposed to extensive contact with low german and danish, and the relatively isolated icelandic language.
It is not mutually intelligible with the continental scandinavian languages, and is farther away from the most widely spoken germanic languages english and german than those three are. Icelandic grammar texts glossary by einarsson, stefan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Following this, einarsson provides a thorough survey of icelandic. Icelandic grammar text and glossary by einarsson stefan. Perfect for use on a smart phone or an ipad using the ibooks app. The texts are partly grammatical exercises for the. The uniformity of head marking in inflectional morphology. What interest in grammar there was was obviously of foreign origin. This is an excellent, thorough, wellorganized book, i actually got this after the book below but find this much more useful.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. In icelandic, like most other indoeuropean languages but not english, nouns have a gender. Icelandic has an aspiration contrast between plosives, rather than a voicing contrast, similar to faroese, danish and standard mandarin. However, note that this book is outdated in a few important respects the orthography is archaic. This classic book on the icelandic language was written to aid the militar. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Grammar, texts, glossary pb johns hopkins university press cy baltimore id einarsson 1945 er. It is an interdisciplinary journal spanning work in the humanities and social sciences, and as such serves as an outlet for original research. Scandinavian studies, official journal of the society for the advancement of scandinavian study, focuses on the languages, cultures, and histories of the nordic region, including the countries of denmark, finland, iceland, norway, and sweden.
The english word geyser and eider are of icelandic origin. Categories icelandic, icelandic language study books tags icebooks, icelandic leave a comment an elementary grammar of the icelandic language september 30, 2014 march 5, 2015 by lingvist. Grammar texts glossary, by stefan einarsson this is a somewhat old text, but the grammar coverage is still some of best youll find. It was also used in medieval scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in iceland, where it survives. Teach yourself icelandic by hildur jonsdottir, colloquial icelandic by daisy neijmann, and icelandic grammar texts and glossary by stefan einarsson. Following this, einarsson provides a thorough survey of icelandic literature through the 1950s. Nouns, adjectives and pronouns are declined in four cases and two numbers, singular and plural. We will first learn about prepositions, negation, questions, adverbs, and pronouns including. It was originally printed in 1945 but is being reprinted as of this writing. Grammar, text and glossary by stefan einarsson at indigo.
Teach yourself icelandic, pj glendenning teaches modern icelandic but has chapter 17 which details some of the differences between modern and old icelandic. Grammar, text and glossary by einarsson, stefan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Stanislaw bartoszek and anhdao tran, icelandic for beginners 1991. We hope the lessons above helped you learn icelandic. Icelandic grammar, text and glossary by stefan einarsson. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This traditional learning method is a refreshing choice in this digital age. Grammar, texts, glossary by stefan einarsson this is the most thorough book for english speakers interested in icelandic. Icelandic by stefan einarsson, 9780801863578, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In addition to books and articles on linguistic and literary topics, in english he published a grammar of the icelandic language which grew out of a wartime armed forces course and contains a valuable glossary of modern icelandic words.
Grammar, text and glossary new ed by einarsson, prof stefan isbn. Grammar, text and glossary, 2nd edition stefan einarsson publisher. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This classic book on the icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in iceland. The germanic languages journal of germanic linguistics. Icelandic is, like russian, latin, and ancient greek, a highly inflected language with extremely variable inflection patterns. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
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