Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (522 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511755071
Series Statement:
Cambridge Language Surveys
Content:
Germanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an estimated 470 million speakers worldwide. This book presents a comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, both ancient and modern, including major world languages such as English and German (West Germanic), the Scandinavian (North Germanic) languages, and the extinct East Germanic languages. Unlike previous studies, it does not take a chronological or a language-by-language approach, organized instead around linguistic constructions and subsystems. Considering dialects alongside standard varieties, it provides a detailed account of topics such as case, word formation, sound systems, vowel length, syllable structure, the noun phrase, the verb phrase, the expression of tense and mood, and the syntax of the clause. Authoritative and comprehensive, this much-needed survey will be welcomed by scholars and students of the Germanic languages, as well as linguists across the many branches of the field.
Note:
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Feb 2013)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521808255
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Harbert, Wayne, 1948 - The Germanic languages Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007 ISBN 0521015111
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521808251
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521015110
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521808255
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Germanische Sprachen
;
Grammatik
;
Germanische Sprachen
;
Morphologie
;
Phonologie
;
Syntax
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511755071
URL:
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Author information:
Harbert, Wayne 1948-
