The Germanic Languages

ISBN-13: 9780415057684 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 648 str.

Der Auwera Van;Konig Ekkehard; Johan Van Der Auwera

Opis

This study sets out to provide an up-to-date survey of 12 Germanic languages, from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish. Spoken by more than 450 million native speakers worldwide, the Germanic languages have enormous cultural and social significance. This work offers a chapter-length description of each language, focusing on the structure of the languages as they are spoken today, and also giving an analysis of language history and development. Based on recent scholarship, The Germanic Languages presents detailed research both on the major Germanic languages, and rarely-covered minor languages such as Yiddish, Faroese, Afrikaans, Pennsylvanian German and the Germanic Creoles.

Recenzje

'The Germanic Languages is a comprehensive survey of Germanic languages characterized by conciseness and lucidity. The way the languages are treated in this edition as well as its editorial organization make it a recommendable reference book for students of the Germanic philology as well as a useful source of information for linguistics dealing either with comparative or historical linguistics.' - International Review of Applied Linguistics

'Both the authors and the editors have done a excellent job. It provides a valuable basis for further comparative studies across the distinctly and yet differently related Germanic group of languages.' - Studies in Language

'An index, maps and tables/figures advance the seminal nature of The Germanic Languages for the study and research of general, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics.' - Irmengard Rauch, Besprechungen

Spis treści

1. The Germanic Languages 2. Gothic and the Reconstruction of Proto-German 3. Old and Middle Scandinavian 4. Old and Middle Continental West Germanic 5. Old and Middle English 6. Icelandic 7. Faroese 8. Norwegian 9. Swedish 10. Danish 11. German 12. Yiddish 13. Pennysylvanian German 14. Dutch 15. Afrikaans 16. English 17. Frisian 18. Germanic Creoles

O autorze

Konig, Ekkehard; van der Auwera, Johan