The distinguished French linguist Antoine Meillet (1866 1936) was a
pupil of Saussure and one of the most important researchers and
teachers of the twentieth century in the field of Indo-European
languages, counting among his own pupils Benveniste, Dum zil and
Martinet. In this book, first published in 1917, Meillet shows the
unique features which mark out the Germanic languages (including
English) from the rest of the Indo-European family. Acknowledging
that the earliest written examples become available only long after
'proto-Germanic' had split into its various successor languages, he
nonetheless supplies evidence both for the original language and
for the developments which led to that splitting. His conclusion is
that although the Germanic languages are indisputably
Indo-European, even the most conservative (modern German) has moved
a long way from its roots, and that English - both in grammar and
in vocabulary - has moved furthest of all.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics |
| Release date: |
November 2009 |
| First published: |
November 2009 |
| Authors: |
Antoine Meillet
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
244 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-00666-8 |
| Languages: |
French
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-108-00666-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781108006668 |
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