German : biography of a language /

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 pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanders, Ruth H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
German language > History.
German language > Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics > Germany.
Allemand (Langue) > Histoire.
Allemand (Langue) > Aspect social.
Sociolinguistique > Allemagne.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > German.
German language
German language > Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
Germany
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Germanic beginnings. Timeline : from the earliest settlements in Northern Europe to the beginning of the Christian era
  • The Germanic languages survive the Romans. Timeline : from the battle of Kalkriese to the end of the Western Roman Empire
  • A fork in the road : high German, low German. Timeline : from the beginning of the middle ages to the Protestant reformation
  • Bible German and the birth of a standard language. Timeline : from the beginning of the reformation to the beginning of the first industrial revolution
  • The German language gets a state. Timeline : from the unification of Germany to the beginning of World War I
  • Postwar comeback times two : a hight point, a double fall from grace, and recoveries. Timeline : from the end of World War I to the present.

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