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Germania Semitica /

Germania Semitica explores prehistoric language contact in general, and attempts to identify the languages involved in shaping Germanic in particular. The book deals with a topic outside the scope of other disciplines concerned with prehistory, such as archaeology and genetics, drawing its conclusio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vennemann, Theo
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Language Notes:English.
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 259.
Subjects:
Germanic languages > History.
Semitic languages > Influence on Germanic > History.
Semitic languages > Europe > History.
Historical linguistics.
Language and languages > Etymology.
Europe > Languages > History.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > German.
Semitic languages.
Language and languages.
Germanic languages.
Europe.
Germanisch.
Inselkeltisch.
Phönikisch.
Sprachkontakt.
Substrat.
Baskisch.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
linguistics.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Germania Semitica explores prehistoric language contact in general, and attempts to identify the languages involved in shaping Germanic in particular. The book deals with a topic outside the scope of other disciplines concerned with prehistory, such as archaeology and genetics, drawing its conclusions from the linguistic evidence alone, relying on language typology and areal probability. The data for reconstruction comes from Germanic syntax, phonology, etymology, religious loan names, and the writing system, more precisely from word order, syntactic constructions, word formation, irregularities in phonological form, lexical peculiarities, and the structure and rules of the Germanic runic alphabet. It is demonstrated that common descent is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for reconstruction. Instead, lexical and structural parallels between Germanic and Semitic languages are explored and interpreted in the framework of modern language contact theory.
Item Description:Collection of texts published previously.
Facsimile reprint.
22 English, 8 German contributions.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 742 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:3110301091
9783110301090
9783110300949
311030094X
ISSN:1861-4302 ;