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Language contact and the origins of the Germanic languages /

(Number (ISBN

0415355486 (hardback)

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9780415355483 (hardback)

Erroneous ISBN

9780203001912 (ebook)

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Title Proper

Language contact and the origins of the Germanic languages /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Peter Schrijver

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 235 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Routledge Studies in Linguistics ;

Volume Designation

13

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index

Text of Note

"History, archaeology, and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims to restore the key position of historical linguistics in this debate by treating the history of the Germanic languages as a history of its speakers. It focuses on the role that language contact has played in creating the Germanic languages, between the first millennium BC and the crucially important early medieval period. Chapters on the origins of English, German, Dutch, and the Germanic language family as a whole illustrate how the history of the sounds of these languages provide a key that unlocks the secret of their genesis: speakers of Latin, Celtic and Balto-Finnic switched to speaking Germanic and in the process introduced a 'foreign accent' that caught on and spread at the expense of types of Germanic that were not affected by foreign influence. The book is aimed at linguists, historians, archaeologists and anyone who is interested in what languages can tell us about the origins of their speakers"--

Germanic languages-- Etymology

Germanic languages-- Grammar, Comparative

Germanic languages-- Grammar, Historical

Languages in contact

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Book number

Schrijver, Peter

Date of Transaction

20141129042027.0

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