Germanic And Its Dialects

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1977-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027274144

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Germanic and its Dialects by Anonim Pdf

Germanists have long lamented the lack of comprehensive bibliographies of past and present literature, particularly in the areas of Frisian, Old English, Old High German, and, most notably, Old Saxon. The compilers of this bibliography deem it crucial to fill this lacuna before embarking on two further volumes project to complete this series: I. Texts, and II. Maps and Commentaries. NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: The publication of the two further volumes (I. Texts; II. Maps and Commentaries) has been canceled.

Author : Robert L. Kyes,Paul T. Roberge
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9027209812

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Germanic and Its Dialects by Robert L. Kyes,Paul T. Roberge Pdf

Author : Wayne Harbert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781139461528

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The Germanic Languages by Wayne Harbert Pdf

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.

Author : Ekkehard Konig,Johan van der Auwera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317799580

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The Germanic Languages by Ekkehard Konig,Johan van der Auwera Pdf

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

Author : Charles Russ
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136086687

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The Dialects of Modern German by Charles Russ Pdf

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. The phonology, grammar and vocabulary of one typical dialect are presented together with a commentary. All examples are given with English glosses. The volume will be of most interest to Germanists with some knowledge of the linguistics and history of German, wishing to deepen their knowledge of German dialects. General linguists and sociolinguists who wish to know about German dialects will also find it useful. It can serve as an intermediate level textbook for any course on German dialects which builds on a linguistics or history of German course.

Author : Thomas L. Markey,Robert L. Kyes,Paul T. Roberge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Proto-Germanic language
ISBN : 0391012665

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Germanic and Its Dialects by Thomas L. Markey,Robert L. Kyes,Paul T. Roberge Pdf

Author : Janne Bondi Johannessen,Joseph C. Salmons
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268198

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Germanic Heritage Languages in North America by Janne Bondi Johannessen,Joseph C. Salmons Pdf

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.

Author : Orrin W. Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134848997

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Old English and its Closest Relatives by Orrin W. Robinson Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas L. Markey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036447642

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Germanic Dialect Grouping and the Position of Ingvæonic by Thomas L. Markey Pdf

Author : Hans Frede Nielsen
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989-03-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780817304232

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The Germanic Languages by Hans Frede Nielsen Pdf

The book is concerned especially with the debate surrounding the grouping of Germanic languages and with the research history of this controversial question. It discusses the methods applied to past attempts and outlines those aplicable to future research in the field.

Author : Joe Salmons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199697939

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A History of German by Joe Salmons Pdf

This book provides a detailed introduction to the development of the German language from the earliest reconstructible prehistory to the present day. It is supported by a companion website and is suitable for language learners and teachers and students of linguistics, from undergraduate level upwards.

Author : Bela Brogyanyi,Thomas Krömmelbein
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027279460

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Germanic Dialects by Bela Brogyanyi,Thomas Krömmelbein Pdf

This volume seeks to present ‘Germanic philology’ with its main linguistic, literary and cultural subdivisions as a whole, and to call into question the customary pedagogical division of the discipline.

Author : Michael T. Putnam,B. Richard Page
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 110843438X

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The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics by Michael T. Putnam,B. Richard Page Pdf

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.

Author : Peter Schrijver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134254484

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Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages by Peter Schrijver Pdf

History, archaeology, and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims to restore the key position of historical linguistics in this debate by treating the history of the Germanic languages as a history of its speakers. It focuses on the role that language contact has played in creating the Germanic languages, between the first millennium BC and the crucially important early medieval period. Chapters on the origins of English, German, Dutch, and the Germanic language family as a whole illustrate how the history of the sounds of these languages provide a key that unlocks the secret of their genesis: speakers of Latin, Celtic and Balto-Finnic switched to speaking Germanic and in the process introduced a 'foreign accent' that caught on and spread at the expense of types of Germanic that were not affected by foreign influence. The book is aimed at linguists, historians, archaeologists and anyone who is interested in what languages can tell us about the origins of their speakers.

Author : Kurt Gustav Goblirsch
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027272867

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Consonant Strength in Upper German Dialects by Kurt Gustav Goblirsch Pdf

The present study examines the problem of fortis and lenis in approximately 150 dialects of southern Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Alsace, and the German-speaking minorities in Italy, Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The Upper German dialects are of particular interest from this point of view, because voice and aspiration, the features traditionally associated with strength, are generally absent. Changes related to strength such as lenition, vowel lengthening, simplification of geminates, and sandhi phenomena receive special attention. The findings are put into their appropriate context by comparison to the results of research on the status of strength in standard German and the modern Germanic languages. Although the realization of strength is language-specific and varies according to word-position, it can be equated with consonant length in standard German and Upper German dialects.