RODOPI Directions for Old Frisian Philology: 73 (Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, 73)

Old Frisian is the youngest among the Old Germanic languages and has perhaps not always attracted the attention it deserves. The present volume testifies to the many challenges which the language, literature and culture of the medieval Frisians pose to the modern researcher. Reading the contributions of the twenty-plus authors, it becomes clear that approaches range from traditional to modern, from practical to theoretical, from syntax to etymology, from diachronic to synchronic, from orality to Latinity - in short, all of them aspects that can be subsumed under the term 'philology'. Like its three predecessors, this special volume brings together veterans and newcomers, Frisians and scholars from all over the world, together reflecting the enthusiasm and learning they bring to the subject. Innovative, explorative, provocative - whatever qualification the reader wants to apply, what the authors above all show are directions for Old Frisian philology which future students in the field may take with profit. Review What reviewers had to say about earlier volumes on Old Frisian Philology ( Aspects of Old Frisian Philology [vol. 31/32, 1990], Approaches to Old Frisian Philology [vol. 49, 1998], and Advances to Old Frisian Philology [vol. 64, 2007]): " Insgesammt ist dies ein aufschlussreicher und reichhaltiger Sammelband auf anspruchsvollem Niveau, und es ist zu wunschen das es bei dieser dritten Sammlung nicht bleibt." - Elmar Seebold, in: NOWELE 56/57 (2009) " Taken the anthology as a whole, these essays offer an intriguing picture both of Frisian particularity and of the interactions of the Frisians with their Dutch, Low and High German-speaking neighbours within the West Germanic dialect continuum." - Sheila Watts, in: Modern Language Review 106 (2011) " Der vorliegende Sammelband verbindet die Frisistik an den niederlandischen und friesischen Forschungseinrichtungen mit der internationalen Mediavistik und Altgermanistik. Dies ist fur beide ein groer Gewinn." - Horst Heider Munske, in: Us Wurk 58 (2009) " In summary, one may say that the present volume will stand as a collection of worthwhile contributions to the study of Old Frisian language and culture and its position in Germanic Studies." - Kurth Goblirsch, in: Journal of English and Germanic Philology 109 (2010)