Caractères généraux des langues germaniques
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Caractères généraux des langues germaniques
（Cambridge library collection）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : pbk.
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"This edition first published 1917, this digitally printed version 2009"--t.p. verso
Includes index
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Description
The distinguished French linguist Antoine Meillet (1866-1936) was a pupil of Saussure and one of the most important researchers and teachers of the twentieth century in the field of Indo-European languages, counting among his own pupils Benveniste, Dumezil and Martinet. In this book, first published in 1917, Meillet shows the unique features which mark out the Germanic languages (including English) from the rest of the Indo-European family. Acknowledging that the earliest written examples become available only long after 'proto-Germanic' had split into its various successor languages, he nonetheless supplies evidence both for the original language and for the developments which led to that splitting. His conclusion is that although the Germanic languages are indisputably Indo-European, even the most conservative (modern German) has moved a long way from its roots, and that English - both in grammar and in vocabulary - has moved furthest of all.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Phonetique: 1. La mutation consonantique
- 2. Les consonnes intervocaliques
- 3. Le systeme vocalique
- 4. L'accent d'intensite
- 5. Traitement de la fin de mot
- Part II. Morphologie: 1. Effets des changements de la prononciation
- 2. Les alternances vocaliques
- 3. Changement du type grammatical
- 4. Le verbe
- 5. Le nom
- 6. Des mots accessoires
- Part III. Vocabulaire: 1. Les elements indo-europeens conserves
- 2. Les elements indo-europeens transformes
- 3. Les anciens emprunts
- Conclusion generale
- Index.
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