Old English and its closest relatives : a survey of the earliest Germanic languages

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Old English and its closest relatives : a survey of the earliest Germanic languages

Orrin W. Robinson

Routledge, 2004, c1992

  • : pbk

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Originally published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1992

"Transfferd to degital prtinting 2004"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and index

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • Abbreviations
  • Section 1 THE GERMANIC LANGUAGE FAMILY
  • Section 2 GERMANIC: A GRAMMATICAL SKETCH
  • Section 3 GOTHIC
  • Section 4 OLD NORSE
  • Section 5 OLD SAXON
  • Section 6 OLD ENGLISH
  • Section 7 OLD FRISIAN
  • Section 8 OLD LOW FRANCONIAN
  • Section 9 OLD HIGH GERMAN
  • Section 10 THE GROUPING OF THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES
  • Appendix: Translations of Readings
  • REFERENCE MATTER
  • index

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