This selection of twelve essays on modern Icelandic by Professor Janez
Oresnik is published with the aim of making his pioneer work known to
wider circles of linguists than those working only with modern
Icelandic. With an unusually fine touch Professor Oresnik has opened a
new page in the study of modern Icelandic by investigating some of the
phonetic/phonological processes which are alive in daily speech. The
selection includes his excellent articles on i- and u-umlaut, on the
Epenthesis Rule, and on the devoicing rules.