Overview
- Summary
- Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia. --from publisher description
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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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. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-225) and index.
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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195388459
0195388453 - Physical Description
- 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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