Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Linguistics - Historical & Comparative

The central theme in any history of texts and books must be that of change and renewal: Parchment that is written on, in one set of circumstances in late antiquity, may in the Early Middle Ages be scraped clean and written on again, leaving evidence of a civilization in which blank parchment is more valuable than ancient literature. A manuscript can be regarded as an archeological artifact, but unlike pieces of pottery or chips of flint, a manuscript has a voice.

The 12 essays gathered here vary in subject from the transmission of ancient authors to the invention of the subject...

This book examines education as a means to explore knowledge and literacy in the Old Babylonian period. It further employs a new method to research these topics. Contrary to numerous existing studies on the subject, the author examines elementary education globally, that is, in pursuit of Old Babylonian education in its entirety. Typically, education is examined in a piecemeal fashion. It's as if education centered on lexicography alone or mathematics alone. This work encompasses a view about educational content and knowledge systems, as opposed to only specific aspects or branches of...

Die dynamische Erforschung des Althochdeutschen findet ihren Niederschlag in kontinuierlicher Weiterentwicklung der Althochdeutschen Grammatik. So wird parallel zur grundlegenden Neufassung von Band II: Syntax auch Band I in einer sorgfältig überarbeiteten, in zahlreichen Details erweiterten 17. Auflage vorgelegt. Nach der positiven Resonanz auf die vorherige Auflage konnte der eingeschlagene Weg weiterverfolgt werden. Die Einarbeitung der Glossenforschung ist fortgeführt und ausgebaut worden. Ihrem Aussagewert gemäß kommen nun die voralthochdeutschen Runenbelege stärker zur Geltung....