Phonological Evidence from the Continental Runic Inscriptions - Martin Findell Gebunden

In using runic inscriptions as evidence for sound change we tend to focus on the interpretation of individual texts rather than examining the dataset as a whole.This study aims at the phonological analysis of a corpus of 90 runic inscriptions on the Continent to test claims that the phonological processes which characterise Old High German and Old Saxon are at work in the 5th-7th centuries.The study presents significant challenges to existing models of these sound changes.