544 Pages
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Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
520 Pages
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Routledge
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This unique reference volume covers the 18 dialects of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Luxembourg. Each section discusses the status of dialect in the region concerned together with the historical and geographical background. Then follows a description of the dialect structure of the region, copiously illustrated with phonological, grammatical and lexical examples in IPA transcription.... Read more
Part I: Frisian A. G. H. Walker, Part II: Low German i) North Saxon R.H Goltz and A. G. H. Walker ii) Westphalian and Eastphalian M. Durrell, iii) East Low German, Including Brandenburgisch H. Sch148>nfeld, Part III: Central German i) West Central German a. Central Franconian G. Newton, b. Hessian M. Durrell and W.Davies c. The Dialects of the Palatinate W. A. I. Green, ii) East Central German a. Upper Saxon G. Bergmann, b. Thuringian K. Spangenberg, Part IV: Upper German i) Low Alemannic M. Philipp and A.Bothorel-Witz ii) Swabian C. V. J. Russ iii) High Alemannic C. V. J. Russ iv) East Franconian A. R. Rowley, v) North Bavarian A. R. Rowley vi) Central and Southern Bavarian P. Wiesinger,
Biography
Charles Russ
`This volume of concise, parallel studies of German dialects is to be greatly welcomed. The editor has succeeded in encouraging the contributors ... to follow an overall identical plan of presentation. He is also to be congratulated for assembling such an excellent team.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
