Author: Geraldine HoranPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039118908
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Some essays were originally delivered as lectures at the University of Cambridge.
Landmarks in the History of the German Language
Author: Geraldine HoranPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039118908
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Some essays were originally delivered as lectures at the University of Cambridge.
Landmarks in the History of the German Language
Author: Geraldine HoranA History of the German Language
Author: Charles William SuperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : German language
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Landmarks in the History of the English Language
Author: Keith JohnsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003850200
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Landmarks in the History of the English Language identifies twelve key landmarks spread throughout the language’s history to provide a lively and interesting introduction to the history of English. Each landmark focuses on one individual associated with the key moment which helps to engage the reader and provide the history of the language with a ‘human face’. The landmarks range from Alfred the Great and his attempts to further English through its use in education, to the spread of English worldwide and the work of the linguist Braj Kachru. The final chapter takes a look into the future through the writings of David Crystal. Whilst focusing on the specific events and people, the book includes a broad outline of the history of English so that the reader can locate each landmark within the language’s history. Written in a student-friendly style and with short activities available online, this book provides a brief introduction for those coming to the topic for the first time, as well an engaging supplementary text for those studying modules on the history of English on degrees in English Language, Linguistics and Literature. General readers with an interest in the English language and its history will also find the book engaging.
The German-Speaking World
Author: Patrick StevensonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317511743
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The German-Speaking World is an accessible textbook that offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the German language and its role in the world. This new, second edition has been fully revised to reflect the many political and social changes of the last 20 years including the impact of technology on language change. It continues to combine text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers to think for themselves and to tackle specific problems. Key features of this book: Informative and comprehensive: covers a wide range of current issues Practical: contains a variety of graded exercises and tasks plus an index of terms Topical and contemporary: deals with current situations and provides up-to-date illustrative material Thought-provoking: encourages students to reflect and research for themselves The German-Speaking World is the ideal textbook for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of German but who have little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics.
Author: Outlines of a History of the German Language
Author: Herbert Augustus StrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : German language
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A History of the German Language Through Texts
Author: Thomas GloningPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113467189X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
A History of the German Language Through Texts examines the evolution of German, from the Early Medieval period to the present day. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through a wide range of texts, from medical, legal and scientific writing to literature, everyday newspapers and adverts. All texts are translated and accompanied by commentaries. The book also offers a glossary of technical terms and abbreviations, a summary of the main changes in each historical period, a guide to reference material, and suggestions for further reading. A History of the German Language Through Texts is essential reading for students of German, Linguistics or Philology.
A Short History of the German Language
Author: William Walker ChambersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Landmarks in the German Novel
Author: Peter HutchinsonPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039109272
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
There is a large pool of German novelists in whose oeuvre we may look for works of landmark significance, and at certain periods of its history German fiction is particularly rich. Yet although the novel begins to assert itself in the seventeenth century, we have to wait until the late eighteenth, and Goethe's first major prose work, Werther, to see it truly rise to the level of other genres. The thirteen novels featured in this collection have all proved milestones in the development of the form, and there is heavy prominence given to works by Goethe himself and by Thomas Mann. Through these, as well as those by such figures as Kafka, Hesse, and Günter Grass, we can trace the development of the novel to its far more 'self-conscious' form, ranging through the social studies of the nineteenth to works which treat a variety of intellectual, psychological and philosophical issues in the twentieth. A second volume will cover landmarks published between 1959 and the present day. These essays, all by specialists in the relevant field, were originally delivered as lectures in the University of Cambridge.