Review article
Rask A linguistic giant between the 18th and 20th century Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language. New edition of the 1993 English translation by Rasmus RaskNiels EgeFrans Gregersen ( Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 18).
New edition of the 1993 English translation by Niels Ege. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2013. liv + 289 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 0881 1 (HB) / 978 90 272 7198 3 (Eb)In this review article, the following sigla are used: “FG” refers to Gregersen’s Introduction and “RR” to the translation of citations from Rask.

Hans Basbøll and Viggo Bank Jensen
University of Southern Denmark | University of Copenhagen
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