Germania Semitica / Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld ; edited by Patrizia Noel Aziz Hanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vennemann, Theo.

Contributor:

Noel Aziz Hanna, Patrizia, 1972-

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Trends in linguistics. Studies in monographs, 1861-4302 ; 259

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German philology.

Semitic languages--Europe--History.

Semitic languages.

Europe--Languages--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 742 pages ).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Theo Vennemann and Patrizia Noel, University of München, Germany.

Summary:

Germania Semitica explores prehistoric language contact in general, and attempts to identify the languages involved in shaping Germanic in particular. The book deals with a topic outside the scope of other disciplines concerned with prehistory, such as archaeology and genetics, drawing its conclusions from the linguistic evidence alone, relying on language typology and areal probability. The data for reconstruction comes from Germanic syntax, phonology, etymology, religious loan names, and the writing system, more precisely from word order, syntactic constructions, word formation, irregularities in phonological form, lexical peculiarities, and the structure and rules of the Germanic runic alphabet. It is demonstrated that common descent is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for reconstruction. Instead, lexical and structural parallels between Germanic and Semitic languages are explored and interpreted in the framework of modern language contact theory.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Methodology of research in prehistoric language contact

1. Zur Entstehung des Germanischen

2. English as a "Celtic" language: Atlantic influences from above and from below

3. Amsel und Merula

4. Germania Semitica: +abr- 'strong', with a reflection on AbrahamlTheodoric

5. Atlantis Semitica: Structural contact features in Celtic and English

6. Germania Semitica: +aÞal- (OE æðel-, G Adel) 'nobility', With an appendix on Gk. ''Ατλαδ

7. Germania Semitica: Pre-Gmc. +-at- in E maiden, G Magd/Mädchen, Goth. magaps

8. Key issues in English etymology

9. Germania Semitica: Gmc. +drag-, +trek- (Lat. trah-, Gk. τρέχ-)

10. On the rise of 'Celtic' syntax in Middle English

11. Semitic Celtic English: The transitivity of language contact

12. Zur Etymologie von Rauch und riechen

13. PGmc. +drepa-, G treffen 'to hit'

14. Germania Semitica: +sibjō

15. Languages in prehistoric Europe north of the Alps

16. Syntax und Sprachkontakt: Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der indogermanischen Sprachen des Nordwestens

17. Note on the etymology of PGmc. +smītan and +smiþaz (E smite, smith, G schmeißen, Schmied, etc.)

18. Sprachgeburt durch Sprachkontakt: Die Entstehung des Englischen

19. Phol, Balder, and the birth of Germanic

20. Glauben wir noch an die Lautgesetze? Zur Etymologie von Phol und Balder im Zweiten Merseburger Zauberspruch

21. The name of the Isle of Thanet

22. Was Proto-Germanic a creole language?

23. Münze, mint, and money: An etymology for Latin Moneta

24. Ne'er-a-face: A note on the etymology of penny, with an appendix on the etymology of pane

25. A note on the etymology of Germanic +skellingaz 'shilling': With an appendix on Latin siliqua 'a small coin

26. Grimm's Law and loan-words

27. Germanische Runen und phönizisches Alphabet

28. Zur Reihung der Runen im älteren Fuþark

29. Semitic influence in Celtic? Yes and No

30. The source of the lng rune and of the futhark

Abbreviations

References

Index of Atlantic / Hamito-Semitic etymologies

Index of Hamito-Semitic words, word forms, and roots

Index of Vasconic etymologies

Index of Toponyms

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9783110301090

3110301091

OCLC:

827211983

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access