German - Biography of a Language

Zusatztext an ingenious telling of just how German emerged from the primordial Germanic soup...this is an enjoyable yet still-scholarly read for the historian, linguist and Germanophile alike. It would be a fine thing to have more such brief histories, made easily readable to the non-specialist, of the major world languages. Informationen zum Autor Ruth H. Sanders is Professor of German at Miami University of Ohio. Klappentext Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia. --from publisher description Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sanders, Ruth Sanders, Ruth H. Sanders, Sanders Ruth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2010
• EAN: 9780195388459
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538845-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 243 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, german, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Language: history & general works, Social and cultural anthropology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Language: history and general works, Historical and comparative linguistics