Early Germanic Grammar

Pre-, Proto-, and Post-Germanic Languages
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-12-728270-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Authored by a well-respected authority in German linguistics, this book offers intensive scholarly analysis, recent discoveries, new methodologies, and important reinterpretations with regard to the emergence of Germanic features. It presents a much-needed scholarly discussion of the phonological and morphological history of early German from Indo-European to 800 A.D. Each chapter presents text samples as well as a discussion of the models and theories proposed regarding the emergence of many features of Germanic.

Clearly identifies the problem areas of comparative Germanic with resolutions of many outstanding questions
Includes prototypical text examples for each dialect

Autoren/Hrsg.

Voyles, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Data and Methodology
The Phonology of Pre-Germanic Indo-European
Proto- and Post-Germanic
Gothic. Proto-Norse and Old Icelandic
Old English
Old Frisian
Old Saxon
Old High German
Index