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Phonology and Morphology of the Germanic Languages

Author : Wolfgang Kehrein

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 17,66 MB

Release : 2014-02-21

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 3110919761

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The papers collected in this volume apply principles of phonology and morphology to the Germanic languages. Phonological phenomena range from subsegmental over phonemic to prosodic units (as syllables, pitch accent, stress). Morphology includes properties of roots, derivation, inflection, and words. The analyses deal with language-internal and comparative aspects, covering the whole (European) range of Germanic languages. From a theoretical perspective, most papers concentrate on constraint-based approaches. Crucial to those theories are principles of the phonology-morphology interaction, both within and between languages. The well documented Germanic languages provide an excellent field for research and almost all papers deal with aspects of the interface.



A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages

Author : R.D. Fulk

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page : 438 pages

File Size : 25,59 MB

Release : 2018-09-15

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027263132

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Fulk’s Comparative Grammar offers an overview of and bibliographical guide to the study of the phonology and the inflectional morphology of the earliest Germanic languages, with particular attention to Gothic, Old Norse / Icelandic, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High German, along with some attention to the more sparsely attested languages. The sounds and inflections of the oldest Germanic languages are compared, with a view to reconstructing the forms they took in Proto-Germanic and comparing those reconstructed forms with what is known of the Indo-European protolanguage. Students will find the book an informative introduction and a bibliographically instructive point of departure for intensive research in the numerous issues that remain profoundly contested in early Germanic language history.



The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics

Author : Michael T. Putnam

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 1207 pages

File Size : 18,5 MB

Release : 2020-04-16

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1108386350

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The Germanic language family ranges from national languages with standardized varieties, including German, Dutch and Danish, to minority languages with relatively few speakers, such as Frisian, Yiddish and Pennsylvania German. Written by internationally renowned experts of Germanic linguistics, this Handbook provides a detailed overview and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects. Organized thematically, it addresses key topics in the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of standard and nonstandard varieties of Germanic languages from a comparative perspective. It also includes chapters on second language acquisition, heritage and minority languages, pidgins, and urban vernaculars. The first comprehensive survey of this vast topic, the Handbook is a vital resource for students and researchers investigating the Germanic family of languages and dialects.



Elements of German

Author : Elmer H. Antonsen

Publisher : University of Alabama Press

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 42,69 MB

Release : 2007-09-09

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 0817354506

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Elements of German fills a gap in advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate levels of German language study by presenting more advanced concepts of the language in a light intended for practical use rather than theoretical discourse. This text provides a means to improve knowledge and command of grammatically correct German as it is spoken and written. It also introduces methods and tools of linguistic analysis in the areas of phonology and morphology. Unlike books that treat phonology in a cursory way, this text delves into the problems of word formation and the intricacies o ...



The Germanic Languages

Author : Wayne Harbert

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 482 pages

File Size : 26,99 MB

Release : 2006-12-21

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1139461524

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Germanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an estimated 470 million speakers worldwide. This book presents a comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, both ancient and modern, including major world languages such as English and German (West Germanic), the Scandinavian (North Germanic) languages, and the extinct East Germanic languages. Unlike previous studies, it does not take a chronological or a language-by-language approach, organized instead around linguistic constructions and subsystems. Considering dialects alongside standard varieties, it provides a detailed account of topics such as case, word formation, sound systems, vowel length, syllable structure, the noun phrase, the verb phrase, the expression of tense and mood, and the syntax of the clause. Authoritative and comprehensive, this much-needed survey will be welcomed by scholars and students of the Germanic languages, as well as linguists across the many branches of the field.



Germanic Heritage Languages in North America

Author : Janne Bondi Johannessen

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page : 426 pages

File Size : 33,83 MB

Release : 2015-08-15

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027268193

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This book presents new empirical findings about Germanic heritage varieties spoken in North America: Dutch, German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, West Frisian and Yiddish, and varieties of English spoken both by heritage speakers and in communities after language shift. The volume focuses on three critical issues underlying the notion of ‘heritage language’: acquisition, attrition and change. The book offers theoretically-informed discussions of heritage language processes across phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics and the lexicon, in addition to work on sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and contact settings. With this, the volume also includes a variety of frameworks and approaches, synchronic and diachronic. Most European Germanic languages share some central linguistic features, such as V2, gender and agreement in the nominal system, and verb inflection. As minority languages faced with a majority language like English, similarities and differences emerge in patterns of variation and change in these heritage languages. These empirical findings shed new light on mechanisms and processes.



The Phonology of German

Author : Richard Wiese

Publisher : OUP Oxford

Page : 378 pages

File Size : 40,75 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 9780198299509

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Featuring the most complete and up-to-date description of the phonology of German presently available, this book applies recent models of phonological theory, putting particular emphasis on the interaction of morphology and phonology. It focuses on the present-day standard language, but includes discussions of other variants and registers.



The Germanic Languages

Author : Ekkehard Konig

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 648 pages

File Size : 48,97 MB

Release : 2013-12-16

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1317799585

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Provides a unique, up-to-date survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish.



Old English and its Closest Relatives

Author : Orrin W. Robinson

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 41,6 MB

Release : 2003-09-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1134848994

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This accessible introductory reference source surveys the linguistic and cultural background of the earliest known Germanic languages and examines their similarities and differences. The Languages covered include:Gothic Old Norse Old SaxonOld English Old Low Franconian Old High German Written in a lively style, each chapter opens with a brief cultural history of the people who used the language, followed by selected authentic and translated texts and an examination of particular areas including grammar, pronunciation, lexis, dialect variation and borrowing, textual transmission, analogy and drift.



A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian

Author : Gertjan Postma

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 26,16 MB

Release : 2019-03-15

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027263531

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Pomeranian is the West Germanic language spoken by European emigrants who went from Farther Pomerania (present-day Poland) to Brazil in the period 1857–1887. This language is no longer spoken in cohesive societies in Europe, but the language has survived and is in remarkably good shape on this language island in the tropical state of Espirito Santo. This monograph offers the first synchronic grammar of this language. After a historical introduction, the book offers a systematic description of its phonology, morphology and syntax. The language is contrasted with its European sisters, more particularly High German, Dutch, and Frisian. It highlights various phenomena that will presumably contribute to the ongoing theoretical debate on the Germanic verbal system. It provides new data on cluster V2, do-support, and the two infinitives. As to the infinitival syntax, the language shows remarkable parallels to the system of Frisian. As to the rich Pomeranian system of subtractive morphology, the phonological account that is offered, will be important for the ongoing discussion of the abstractness of phonological representations. Finally, Pomeranian is a welcome addition to the set of languages on which our etymological understanding of West Germanic is based.