Origin Of The English And Germanic Languages And Nations
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Old English and its Closest Relatives
| Author | : Orrin W. Robinson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2003-09-02 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1134848994 |
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.
The origin of the English, Germanic, and Scandinavian languages and nations
| Author | : Joseph Bosworth |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 1848 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : |
Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages
| Author | : Peter Schrijver |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2013-12-04 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1134254490 |
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.
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
| Author | : John McWhorter |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2009-10-27 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1592404944 |
A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Language distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history. Covering such turning points as the little-known Celtic and Welsh influences on English, the impact of the Viking raids and the Norman Conquest, and the Germanic invasions that started it all during the fifth century ad, John McWhorter narrates this colorful evolution with vigor. Drawing on revolutionary genetic and linguistic research as well as a cache of remarkable trivia about the origins of English words and syntax patterns, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue ultimately demonstrates the arbitrary, maddening nature of English— and its ironic simplicity due to its role as a streamlined lingua franca during the early formation of Britain. This is the book that language aficionados worldwide have been waiting for (and no, it’s not a sin to end a sentence with a preposition).
The Germanic Languages
| Author | : Ekkehard Konig |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 648 |
| Release | : 2013-12-16 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1317799585 |
Provides a unique, up-to-date survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish.
The Standard of Usage in English
| Author | : Thomas R. Lounsbury |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 1908 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
Past, Present and Future of a Language Border
| Author | : Catharina Peersman |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2015-07-24 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1501501062 |
This volume revisits the issue of language contact and conflict in the Low Countries across space and time. The contributions deal with important sites of Germanic-Romance contact along the different language borders, covering languages such as French, Dutch, German, and Luxembourgish. This first monograph in English on the topic broadens our understanding of current-day issues by integrating a historical perspective, showing how language contact and conflict operated from the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, the 18th and 19th centuries, and into the 20th and 21st centuries.
English as a Global Language
| Author | : David Crystal |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 227 |
| Release | : 2012-03-29 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1107611806 |
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
Noam Chomsky and Language Descriptions
| Author | : John Ole Askedal |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027210691 |
For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.The general aim of the Senshu University Project "The Development of the Anglo-Saxon Language and Linguistic Universals" is investigation of structural characteristics common to the Germanic languages, such as English, German and Norwegian, and of works on and in the tradition of Generative Grammar founded by Noam Chomsky in the 1950s. The central idea of Generative Grammar, that the nature of natural-language syntax can be captured by a finite set of rules which are able to produce an infinite set of well-formed structures has been highly evaluated and influential even in related fields such as biolinguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science." Noam Chomsky and Language Descriptions" is a collection of articles that focus on the earliest but essential linguistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and articles that discuss specific topics pertaining to the study Germanic languages, in particular English and German. It is divided into two parts: Part 1. Genesis of Generative Grammar; and Part 2. Current Issues in Language Descriptions. The present book will be of general interest to linguists who seek to understand the original idea of Generative Grammar and nature of the Germanic languages.
