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This book offers a distinctive and accessible approach to the earliest encounters of the barbarian societies of Northern Europe with classical antiquity and with early Christianity. It brings together linguistic evidence from across Europe and dating from before Caesar to about 900 AD, to shed light on important aspects of Germanic culture. It shows how historical phonology and semantics, often avoided by nonspecialists, can provide important clues for historians and archaeologists of the period. Likewise, it demonstrates that philologists and linguists ignore historical evidence at their peril.
The purpose of this book is to use our knowledge of the early Germanic languages to fill in gaps in our knowledge of the history and culture of the peoples who spoke them. The book provides a great deal of information, organized by divisions of
culture, such as warfare and religion. I have two main criticisms. First, the author presupposes a bit more knowledge of the Germanic languages and of Latin than most readers are likely to have. This will from time to time make a point difficult to follow. |
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John T. Waterman / Paperback 284 pages / Published March 1991 Usually Ships Within 24 Hours The most accessible, well-balanced history of the German language available! No comparable work is available in English or German that gives readers an adequate foundation in the methods, goals, and results of historico-comparative linguistics as they apply to the German language and its historical antecedents. Waterman's monograph excels through its clear presentation of materials, the extensive use of charts and maps, and a well- organized bibliography. A wealth of examples document a surprisingly broad review of German language issues. |
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ISBN: 0802065481 John Richard Clark Hall, Herbert D. Meritt (Contributor) Paperback 432 pages, 4th edition / Published April 1984 Usually Ships Within 24 Hours This is an excellent Anglo-Saxon dictionary, and at a reasonable price. This book does a good job of bringing together a lexicon of Old English words. Keeping in mind that several modern languages sprung partly from this base, so it helps if the reader understands some German. For example, the "ge-" prefix is used much the same way that it is used in German. However, there is one important error to keep in mind, and that is the use of the "eth" character for cases where "thorn" is used in the original texts. But, this small error do not subtract much from the overall quality and usefulness of this dictionary. |
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