1st Edition
A Short History of the German Language (RLE Linguistics E: Indo-European Linguistics)
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Routledge
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This simple introduction to the history of the German language seeks to provide students who have some knowledge of modern German, but no knowledge either of its development or of linguistic theories, with a short account of the essential factors – chronological, geographical and linguistic – and their interrelation.
The material is arranged in three parts. The first traces the history of the... Read more
1. Language and Language Study 2. Indo-European 3. From Germanic to German 4. Writing and Printing 5. Medieval German and the Development of the Standard Language 6. New High German 7. The German Vocabulary: Word Formation 8. The German Vocabulary: Borrowing 9. The German Vocabulary: Change of Meaning 10. Sound Changes from Indo-European to Germanic 11. Sound Changes in German 12. The Forms of German 13. Syntax Appendix 1. Development of Strong Verb Classes Appendix 2. Specimen passages of German Appendix 3. Bibliography
Biography
W. Walker Chambers, John R. Wilkie
