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050 00 PF3075 |b.S26 2010
100 1  Sanders, Ruth H.
245 10 German : |bbiography of a language / |cRuth H. Sanders.
264  1 Oxford ;New York : |bOxford University Press, |c2010.
300    240 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-225) and index.
505 0  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.
520    Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia. --from publisher description
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 German language |xHistory.
650  0 German language |xSocial aspects.
650  0 Sociolinguistics |zGermany.
852 0   |bstacks |hPF3075 |i.S26 2010