W.B. Lockwood "An Introduction to Modern Faroese"

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W.B. Lockwood "An Introduction to Modern Faroese"
Foroya Skulabokagrunnur | English | 2002 | ISBN: 9991802959 | 244 pages | PDF | 12.6 MB

Faroese (selfname Føroyskt) is a West Nordic Scandinavian language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 12,000 Faroese in Denmark. It is one of three insular Scandinavian languages descended from the Old Norse language spoken in Scandinavia in the Viking Age, the others being Icelandic and the extinct Norn, which is thought to have been mutually intelligible with Faroese.
The lay-out of the book is as follows:
First, the Grammar deals with pronunciation, inflexions and syntax, a knowledge of grammatical terms and customary abbreviations being assumed. It seemed convenient and practical, e.g. under such headings as Adverbs, Numerals, Conjunctions to introduce matter which technically belongs to syntax. Faroese place-names have generally been translated, though uniformity is this respect has not been aimed at. The various points of syntax have often been illustrated with more examples than are strictly necessary, because such additional specimens of natural Faroese will be of more use to the type of student. Likely to use this book than a series of graduated exercises would be. Needless to say, all the examples are strictly original Faroese. The Reader begins with a conversation in Faroese and English on facing pages, followed by representative selections of prose and verse. The Faroese Glossary, finally, covers all the words occurring in the Reader and also those words in the examples in the Grammar where their meanings or inflexions are not automatically apparent.