This accessible introductory reference source surveys the linguistic and cultural background of the earliest known Germanic languages and examines their similarities and differences. The Languages covered include:Gothic Old Norse Old Saxon Old English Old Low Franconian Old High German Written in a lively style, each chapter opens with a brief cultural history of the people who used the language, followed by selected authentic and translated texts and an examination of particular areas including grammar, pronunciation, lexis, dialect variation and borrowing, textual transmission, analogy and drift.
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格式 EPUB ● 网页 304 ● ISBN 9781134848997 ● 出版者 Taylor and Francis ● 发布时间 2003 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 4858321 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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