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The Carthaginian North : semitic influence on early Germanic : a linguistic and cultural study / Robert Mailhammer, Theo Vennemann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mailhammer, Robert, 1975- author.
- Series:
- North-Western European language evolution. Supplement ; Volume 32.
- NOWELE Supplement series ; Volume 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germanic languages--History.
- Germanic languages.
- Punic language--Influence on Germanic--History.
- Punic language.
- Semitic languages--Europe--History.
- Semitic languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book presents a new and innovative theory on the origin of the Germanic languages. This theory presents solutions to four pivotal problems in the history of Germanic with critical implications for cultural history: the origin of the Germanic writing system (the Runic alphabet), the genesis of the Germanic strong verbs, the development of the Germanic word order, and etymologies for key elements of the Germanic lexicon. The book proposes that all four problems can be solved if it is hypothesized that ca. 2,500 years ago the ancestor of all Germanic languages, Proto-Germanic, was in intensive contact with Punic, a Semitic language from the Mediterranean. This scenario is explored by focusing on linguistic data, supported by an interdisciplinary mosaic of evidence. This book is of interest to anyone working on the linguistic and cultural history of the Germanic languages"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prelim pages
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Theoretical foundations
- Chapter 3. Context, location and initial contact setting
- Chapter 4. Punic elements in the Proto-Germanic lexicon
- Chapter 5. Punic influence in the Germanic verb system
- Chapter 6. Explaining the Germanic split word order
- Chapter 7. The origin of the oldest Germanic writing system
- Chapter 8. Extralinguistic evidence
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789027262141
- 9027262144
- OCLC:
- 1117318334
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