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Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages

Peter Schrijver
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British Celtic
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Celtic
Celtic Language
Central Dutch
change
Coastal Dutch
Dutch
early medieval language evolution
Early Medieval Period
Eastern Dutch
English
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Europe
evolution
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Fi Rst Syllable
Front Vowels
German
HGCS
historical
historical linguistics
history
Indo-European language contact
language shift
Late Latin
Late Latin Speakers
linguistics
Middle Welsh
Northwestern Europe prehistory
Pf
Rhenish Fan
Rounded Front Vowels
Scots Gaelic
sociolinguistic change
sound
Sound Laws
speaker
Spontaneous Fronting
substrate influence
Unstressed Syllables
Vowel System
West Germanic
Western Dutch
Word-fi Nal

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415355483
  • Weight: 610g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Oct 2013
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

History, archaeology, and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims to restore the key position of historical linguistics in this debate by treating the history of the Germanic languages as a history of its speakers. It focuses on the role that language contact has played in creating the Germanic languages, between the first millennium BC and the crucially important early medieval period. Chapters on the origins of English, German, Dutch, and the Germanic language family as a whole illustrate how the history of the sounds of these languages provide a key that unlocks the secret of their genesis: speakers of Latin, Celtic and Balto-Finnic switched to speaking Germanic and in the process introduced a 'foreign accent' that caught on and spread at the expense of types of Germanic that were not affected by foreign influence. The book is aimed at linguists, historians, archaeologists and anyone who is interested in what languages can tell us about the origins of their speakers.
About Peter Schrijver
Peter Schrijver is Professor of Celtic Languages and Culture at the University of Utrecht. He is a historical linguist working on ancient and medieval languages in Europe. His publications include Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology and Celtic Influence in Old English.

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