The Germanic languages : origins and early dialectal interrelations / Hans Frede Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Hans Frede, 1943-2021.

Standardized Title:

Germanske sprog. English

Language:

Danish

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--History.

Germanic languages.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 177 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1989]

Summary:

""The Germanic Languages"" may easily be read by scholars with limited knowledge of Germanic philology. It provides a solid introduction to the debate generated by attempts at classification. In addition, it contains an extensive bibliography of related works and pays considerable attention to necessary background information."--"Language"

Contents:

I The Germanic Languages 1

1. Present-day extension 1

2. Earliest attestation 2

3. The early runic language 5

II Germanic: An Indo-European Language Group 15

1. Indo-European 15

2. The position of Germanic within Indo-European 18

3. Linguistic features characteristic of Germanic 28

III Germanic Tribal Movements 35

1. The Goths 37

2. The Upper and Central German tribes 45

3. The Anglo-Saxons 53

IV The Grouping of the Germanic Languages 67

1. Early attempts at Germanic dialect grouping 67

2. Wrede, Maurer and the West Germanic problem 72

3. Schwarz and his critics 80

4. Recent attempts at Germanic dialect grouping 89

V Methodological Deliberations 109

1. Stammbaum theory, wave theory and substratum theory 109

2. Dialect geography 116

3. Parallels (partly) attributable to other factors 134.

Notes:

Translation of: Germanske sprog.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 153-170.

ISBN:

0817304231

OCLC:

18351545