Wayne Harbert

The Germanic Languages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Germanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an estimated 470 million speakers worldwide. It includes major world languages such as English and German, the Scandinavian languages, and the extinct East Germanic languages. This book presents a comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, providing a detailed account of key topics in their morphology, phonology and syntax. It will be welcomed by scholars and students of the Germanic languages, as well as linguists across the many branches of the field.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Language Surveys
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 838g
• ISBN-13: 9780521015110
• ISBN-10: 0521015111
• Artikelnr.: 20910590

Autorenporträt

Wayne Harbet is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics, Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. The Germanic lexicon; 3. The sound systems of Germanic: inventories, alternations and structures; 4. The Germanic nominal system: paradigmatic and syntagmatic variation; 5. The verbal systems of Germanic: paradigmatic and syntagmatic comparison; 6. The syntax of the clause.

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1. Introduction
2. The Germanic lexicon
3. The sound systems of Germanic: inventories, alternations and structures
4. The Germanic nominal system: paradigmatic and syntagmatic variation
5. The verbal systems of Germanic: paradigmatic and syntagmatic comparison
6. The syntax of the clause.

Rezensionen

'This is a scholarly but readable book, and a very welcome addition to the field.' The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies