Language and Text - Current Perspectives on English and Germanic Historical Linguistics and Philology

This collection of essays on a broad variety of issues from the fields of English and Germanic historical linguistics as well as medieval English culture and literature celebrates the distinguished career of Klaus Dietz. Despite pursuing different interests and employing different methodologies, the contributions all share a serious commitment to the fundamental importance of texts for the inquiry into the history of language, culture and literature. The topics include Germanic onomastics, Old, Middle and Early Modern English phonology, morphology and syntax, historical pragmatics, the status of the vernacular in late medieval England and concepts of fiction in Old English poetry.

Summary

This collection of essays on a broad variety of issues from the fields of English and Germanic historical linguistics as well as medieval English culture and literature celebrates the distinguished career of Klaus Dietz. Despite pursuing different interests and employing different methodologies, the contributions all share a serious commitment to the fundamental importance of texts for the inquiry into the history of language, culture and literature.

The topics include Germanic onomastics, Old, Middle and Early Modern English phonology, morphology and syntax, historical pragmatics, the status of the vernacular in late medieval England and concepts of fiction in Old English poetry.

Product details

• Assisted by: Andrew J. Johnston (Editor), Andrew James Johnston (Editor), Ferdinand von Mengden (Editor), Stefan Thim (Editor)
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9783825351786
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-5178-6
• No. of pages: 426
• Weight: 828 g
• Series: Anglistische Forschungen; Anglistische Forschungen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literatur, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Anglistik, Germanistik, Pragmatik, Mittelenglisch, Englische Sprachgeschichte