期刊名称：Futhark : International Journal of Runic Studies
电子版ISSN：1892-0950
出版年度：2011
期号：2
页码：7-26
出版社：University of Oslo & Uppsala University
摘要：This paper has a narrow purpose: to show how the Germanic futhark came into being. The intent is to explain the development of the older futhark from its source, the Roman script — or more precisely, to show how individual runes of the futhark derive from individual letters of the Roman alphabet. I shall argue that the orthographic transformations that brought the futhark into existence are largely guided by certain governing principles that systematically affect language change in both spoken and written systems.
关键词：Kurylowicz’s Fourth Law of Analogy; Roman source of runes; alphabet;history; linguistic alphabet principles; Germanic/older futhark; Anglo-Saxon;futhorc; younger (Nordic) futhark
