German : biography of a language / Ruth H. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Ruth H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--History.

German language.

German language--Social aspects.

Sociolinguistics--Germany.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thousands of years ago, seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six ""signal events"" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence of such events as the bloody three-day Battle of Kalkriese, which permanently halted the incursion of both the Romans and the Latin language into northern Europe, and the publication of Martin L

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Turning Points of a Language; 1. Germanic Beginnings; 2. The Germanic Languages Survive the Romans; 3. A Fork in the Road: High German, Low German; 4. Bible German and the Birth of a Standard Language; 5. The German Language Gets a State; 6. Postwar Comeback Times Two: A High Point, a Double Fall from Grace, and Recoveries; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988916-3

1-282-56521-4

9786612565212

0-19-975065-3

OCLC:

649909683