| Description |
1 online resource (274 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics |
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Routledge library editions. Linguistics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I; 1. Language and language study; 2. Indo-European; 3. From Germanic to German; 4. Writing and printing; 5. Medieval German and the development of the standard language; 6. New High German; Part II; 7. The German vocabulary: word formation; A. Composition; B. Derivation; C. Abbreviations and Long Words; 8. The German vocabulary: borrowing; A. General Principles; Loan-Words and Foreign Words; Loan Translation; Borrowing of Meaning |
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B. Borrowing in German a Historical Survey; 9. The German vocabulary: change of meaning; Part III; 10. Sound changes from Indo-European to Germanic; A. Vowel Changes; B. Ablaut; C. Consonant Changes; 11. Sound changes in German; A. Vowel Changes; B. Consonant Changes; 12. The forms of German; A. Nouns; B. Pronouns; C. Adjectives; D. Numerals; E. Verbs; 13. Syntax; A. Sentence Structure; B. Articles; C. Nouns; D. Adjectives; E. Verbs; Appendix I: Development of strong verb classes; Appendix II: Specimen passages of German; Appendix III: Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This simple introduction to the history of the German language seeks to provide students who have some knowledge of modern German, but no knowledge either of its development or of linguistic theories, with a short account of the essential factors - chronological, geographical and linguistic - and their interrelation. The material is arranged in three parts. The first traces the history of the German language from its origins in Indo-European through the pre-documentary Germanic period and the Middle Ages to the present day. In the second part the development of the German vocabulary |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
German language -- History
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
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German language
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilkie, John Ritchie
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| ISBN |
9781317918523 |
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1317918525 |
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