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Author Sanders, Ruth H.

Title German : biography of a language / Ruth H. Sanders.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  430.9 SANDERS    Check Shelf
Description vii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-225) and index.
Summary Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia--From publisher description.
Contents Germanic beginnings. Timeline : from the earliest settlements in Northern Europe to the beginning of the Christian era -- The Germanic languages survive the Romans. Timeline : from the battle of Kalkriese to the end of the Western Roman Empire -- A fork in the road : high German, low German. Timeline : from the beginning of the middle ages to the Protestant reformation -- Bible German and the birth of a standard language. Timeline : from the beginning of the reformation to the beginning of the first industrial revolution -- The German language gets a state. Timeline : from the unification of Germany to the beginning of World War I -- Postwar comeback times two : a hight point, a double fall from grace, and recoveries. Timeline : from the end of World War I to the present.
Subject German language -- History.
German language -- Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics -- Germany.
ISBN 9780195388459 hardcover alkaline paper
0195388453 hardcover alkaline paper
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