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A History of the German Language Through Texts

Author : Thomas Gloning

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 490 pages

File Size : 12,57 MB

Release : 2004-03-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 113467189X

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A History of the German Language Through Texts examines the evolution of German, from the Early Medieval period to the present day. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through a wide range of texts, from medical, legal and scientific writing to literature, everyday newspapers and adverts. All texts are translated and accompanied by commentaries. The book also offers a glossary of technical terms and abbreviations, a summary of the main changes in each historical period, a guide to reference material, and suggestions for further reading. A History of the German Language Through Texts is essential reading for students of German, Linguistics or Philology.



A History of the German Language Through Texts

Author : Thomas Gloning

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 42,63 MB

Release : 2004-03

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1134671903

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Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through a wide range of texts, from medical, legal and scientific writing to literature, everyday newspapers and adverts.



A New History of German Literature

Author : David E. Wellbery

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 1038 pages

File Size : 20,56 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780674015036

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'A New History of German Literature' offers some 200 essays on events in German literary history.



A History of the French Language Through Texts

Author : Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 10,87 MB

Release : 2005-06-27

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1134856628

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This new history of the French language allows the reader to see how the language has evolved for themselves. It combines texts and extracts with a readable and detailed commentary allowing the language to be viewed both synchronically and diachronically. Core texts range from the ninth century to the present day highlight central features of the language, whilst a range of shorter texts illustrate particular points. The inclusion of non-literary, as well as literary texts serves to illustrate some of the many varieties of French whether in legal, scientific, epistolatory, administrative or liturgical or in more popular domains, including attempts to represent spoken usage. This is essential reading for the undergraduate student of French.



Influence of Text Type on Word Order of Old Germanic Languages

Author : Anna Cichosz

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 24,65 MB

Release : 2010

Category : English language

ISBN : 9783631613153

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The book examines the word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of three text types: poetry, original prose and translated prose. Thanks to this methodology, it is possible to compare word order patterns in Old English and Old High German, eliminating differences which may be due to stylistic or technical reasons (rhythm, rhyme, Latin influences), as well as to see to what extent text type determines word order and to check whether this phenomenon is universal (triggering similar behaviour in both analysed languages). The book also disproves the hypothesis of the West Germanic syntax, presenting data which show that the word order of the two languages started to diversify already during the Old English/High German period, i. e. before the 11th century AD.



The Golden Mean of Languages

Author : Alisa van de Haar

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 439 pages

File Size : 22,17 MB

Release : 2019-09-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9004408592

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In The Golden Mean of Languages, Alisa van de Haar sheds new light on the debates regarding the form and status of the vernacular in the early modern Low Countries, where both Dutch and French were local tongues. The fascination with the history, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Dutch and French has been studied mainly from monolingual perspectives tracing the development towards modern Dutch or French. Van de Haar shows that the discussions on these languages were rooted in multilingual environments, in particular in French schools, Calvinist churches, printing houses, and chambers of rhetoric. The proposals that were formulated there to forge Dutch and French into useful forms were not directed solely at uniformization but were much more diverse.



Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature

Author : Heiko Wiggers

Publisher : Vernon Press

Page : 243 pages

File Size : 45,75 MB

Release : 2024-07-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' offers new, compelling, and thought-provoking contributions to the field of Germanic Linguistics. Nine authors from three different continents (North America, Europe, and South America) present in this edited volume their latest research on such diverse topics as Old High German, Old Saxon and Early New High German poetry, Yiddish, German Heritage speakers in the U.S., Germanic language periodization, paleography, and gender issues in Modern Standard German. 'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' strives to rekindle dialogue and discourse about topics in Germanic Linguistics while at the same time providing innovative and interesting talking points to the discipline in an international, trans-Atlantic framework. The articles featured in this volume will appeal to students and instructors of Germanic Linguistics alike as well as to anyone interested in this subject.



Anders Gedacht

Author : Irene Motyl-Mudretzkyj

Publisher : Heinle & Heinle Publishers

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 43,23 MB

Release : 2013-01-01

Category : German language

ISBN : 9781133942672

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Same as Instructor's Edition but softcover and different cover image.



Vernacular Languages and Dialects: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

Author : Oxford University Press

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 33 pages

File Size : 30,26 MB

Release : 2010-06-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0199809267

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This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance and Reformation, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of European history and culture between the 14th and 17th centuries. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.oxfordbibliographies.com.



A History of German

Author : Joseph Salmons

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 448 pages

File Size : 22,77 MB

Release : 2018-08-09

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0192561359

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This book provides a detailed but accessible introduction to the development of the German language from the earliest reconstructable prehistory to the present day. Joe Salmons explores a range of topics in the history of the language, offering answers to questions such as: How did German come to have so many different dialects and close linguistic cousins like Dutch and Plattdeutsch? Why does German have 'umlaut' vowels and why do they play so many different roles in the grammar? Why are noun plurals so complicated? Are dialects dying out today? Does English, with all the words it loans to German, pose a threat to the language? This second edition has been extensively expanded and revised to include extended coverage of syntactic and pragmatic change throughout, expanded discussion of sociolinguistic aspects, language variation, and language contact, and more on the position of German in the Germanic family. The book is supported by a companion website and is suitable for language learners and teachers and students of linguistics, from undergraduate level upwards. The new edition also includes more detailed background information to make it more accessible for beginners.