Germanic Philology Perspectives In Linguistics And Literature

'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' offers new, compelling, and thought-provoking contributions to the field of Germanic Linguistics. Nine authors from three different continents (North America, Europe, and South America) present in this edited volume their latest research on such diverse topics as Old High German, Old Saxon and Early New High German poetry, Yiddish, German Heritage speakers in the U.S., Germanic language periodization, paleography, and gender issues in Modern Standard German. 'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' strives to rekindle dialogue and discourse about topics in Germanic Linguistics while at the same time providing innovative and interesting talking points to the discipline in an international, trans-Atlantic framework. The articles featured in this volume will appeal to students and instructors of Germanic Linguistics alike as well as to anyone interested in this subject.

'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' offers new, compelling, and thought-provoking contributions to the field of Germanic Linguistics. Nine authors from three different continents (North America, Europe, and South America) present in this edited volume their latest research on such diverse topics as Old High German, Old Saxon and Early New High German poetry, Yiddish, German Heritage speakers in the U.S., Germanic language periodization, paleography, and gender issues in Modern Standard German. 'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' strives to rekindle dialogue and discourse about topics in Germanic Linguistics while at the same time providing innovative and interesting talking points to the discipline in an international, trans-Atlantic framework. The articles featured in this volume will appeal to students and instructors of Germanic Linguistics alike as well as to anyone interested in this subject.

This volume seeks to present ‘Germanic philology’ with its main linguistic, literary and cultural subdivisions as a whole, and to call into question the customary pedagogical division of the discipline.

Excerpt from Germanic Philology = 'th' in English 'think.' o = 'th' in English 'they.' ʒ = a front continuant like 'y' in Engl. 'yes.' 'z' = (exc. in High German in which it has either the value of 's' or of 'ts') 's' in 'rose' or 'z' in 'freeze.' O.N. 'v' = Engl. 'w.' O.Bg. 's' = Engl. 'sh.' O.Ind. 's' and 's' are variations of 'sh.' O.Ind. 'j' = 'j' in Engl. 'judge.' O.Ind. 'c' = 'ch' in Engl. 'child.' O.Ind. 'y' = 'y' in Engl. 'year.' Goth. 'ei' = 'i' in Engl. 'machine.' O.E. 'ae' = 'a' in Engl. 'man.' The sign generally denotes the syllable bearing the chief accent; in O.E., O.N., O.Norw., however, it marks a long vowel, which is denoted by - in the other languages. Other signs of pronunciation will be explained in the text itself, especially in the sections on sound-shifting. Prefixed to any word means that it is a hypothetical form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.