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Germania Semitica (Hardcover)
Theo Vennemann Gen Nierfeld; Edited by Patrizia Noel Aziz Hanna
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R4,995
Discovery Miles 49 950
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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.
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new
perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes
state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across
theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new
insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary
perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for
cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in
its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards
linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as
well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for
a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the
ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes
monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes,
which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from
different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality
standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Most of us know of the Indo-European roots of European languages,
but how did this precursor language take hold and what did Europe
look like before it did so? This book explores the continent before
the spread of the Indo-Europeans, examines its indigenous
population and the contacts it had with Indo-European and Uralic
immigrants, and, ultimately, asks how these origins led to the
development of that crucial singularity for Europe's languages.
Drawing on archaeology, religious studies, and palaeography, the
contributors offer a detailed and comprehensive picture of Europe's
linguistic prehistory and, in turn, its cultural one.
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