E. V. Gordon (1896–1938)
Auteur van An Introduction to Old Norse
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Werken van E. V. Gordon
Songs for the Philologists 1 exemplaar
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Gordon, Eric Valentine
- Geboortedatum
- 1896-02-14
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1938-07-29
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
- Opleiding
- Victoria College
McGill University
University of Oxford (University College) - Beroepen
- philologist
- Relaties
- Gordon, I. L. (wife)
- Organisaties
- Viking Club
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Rhodes Scholar
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Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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- 3
- Ook door
- 6
- Leden
- 344
- Populariteit
- #69,365
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2
Gordon's work, revised and updated by A.R. Taylor in the second edition, takes a rather old-fashioned approach to language-learning, in that it presents students with a selection of pieces in the original language, and expects them to wade right in. Notes, glossary and grammatical outline are (of course) supplied at the rear of the text, but the idea is definitely to learn as one goes.
I do not think my studies would have prospered, if I had used this method alone, but thankfully I also had access to Valfells' and Cathey's excellent Old Icelandic An Introductory Course, which - when used in conjunction with Gordon - offered a coherent and fairly painless introduction to a complicated language.… (meer)