Old Germanic Languages : Historical and grammatical survey / Václav Blažek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Václav Blažek, author.

Series:

Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, Filozofická fakulta ; Volume 530.

Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity ; Volume 530

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--History.

Germanic languages.

Historical linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brno, Czech Republic : Masaryk University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This monograph by Václav Blažek provides a comprehensive historical and grammatical survey of Old Germanic languages. It delves into the earliest linguistic and epigraphical records of Germanic peoples, tracing the evolution of these languages from ancient tribal societies to their modern dialects. The book includes detailed analyses of the Germanic languages within the Indo-European family, covering comparative phonetics, morphology, and the historical context of early inscriptions. It is intended for scholars and students in the fields of linguistics and philology, offering a diachronic perspective on the development of Germanic languages supported by historical texts, archaeology, and classical philology. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

2 GERMANIC PEOPLES AT THE TURN OF PREHISTORY AND HISTORY

2.1 The oldest information on Germanic peoples from ancient writers

2.1.1 The origin of the ethnonym Germani

2.1.2 The testimony of toponyms, especially hydronyms

2.1.3 Archaic Germanic loanwords in non-Germanic languages

2.2 The oldest epigraphical relic

2.3 The testimony of archaeology

3 OVERVIEW OF OLD GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND THEIR FOLLOWERS

3.1 East Germanic Languages (“Vistula–Oder Languages”)

3.1.1 Vandalic

3.1.2 Burgundian

3.1.3 Rugian

3.1.4 Herulian

3.1.5 Gepidean

3.1.6 Gothic

3.2 Northwest Germanic

3.2.1 Old Runic = Northwest Germanic = “Urnordisch”

3.2.1.1 North Germanic

3.2.1.1.1 Common Scandinavian

3.2.1.1.2 Old Norse

3.2.1.1.3 Icelandic

3.2.1.1.4 Faroese

3.2.1.1.5 Norwegian

3.2.1.1.6 Danish

3.2.1.1.7 Swedish

3.2.1.1.8 Old Gutnish

3.2.1.2 West Germanic

3.2.1.2.1 Ingvaeonic Generated by AI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9788028003586

8028003583

OCLC:

1422744621