Preface – 1. “The world possesses its ancient devices: as one descends so another rises”: Scope and aims of the book / The historiography of Scandinavian linguistics / Use of the book – 2. Vernacular grammar writing in Denmark/Norway before Aasen: Introduction / Teaching grammars / The codification of Danish grammar / Dialectology / Summary – 3. Aasen and nineteenth century Norway: Introduction / The reception of Ivar Aasen / The historical context / Nationalism and Romanticism / The real Ivar Aasen? / Summary – 4. Aasen and nineteenth century Norwegian: Introduction / The emergence of the Norwegian language situation / Writing the 1848 grammar / Writing the 1864 grammar / The fate of the grammars / Summary – 5. Aasen and contemporary grammatical work: Introduction / Teaching grammars / Grammars of Icelandic and the ancient languages of Scandinavia / German/Germanic grammars / Other languages / Aasen’s references / Summary – 6. Constructing Norwegian grammar 1: the books: Introduction / Titles / Chapter headings / Scene setting / Summary – 7. Constructing Norwegian grammar 2: the language: Introduction / Phonetics / Inflectional morphology / Syntax / Summary – 8. “Let him who has enough be satisfied” – References – Index nominum