Old English and its Closest Relatives
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Central Franconian
consonant
East Franconian
East Germanic
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Franconian Dialects
german
germanic
Group II
high
High German Consonant Shift
High German Dialects
High German Period
High German Texts
inscription
languages
low
Low Franconian
Middle Franconian
Modern Language
Nasal Loss
OLF
Past Tenses
Rhenish Franconian
Rounded Lips
runic
Runic Inscriptions
shift
Skaldic Poetry
Van Der Myle
Van Helten
Verner's Law
Verner’s Law
west
West Germanic
West Saxon Dialect
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- ISBN 9780415104067
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 May 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This accessible introductory reference source surveys the linguistic and cultural background of the earliest known Germanic languages and examines their similarities and differences. The Languages covered include:Gothic Old Norse Old SaxonOld English Old Low Franconian Old High German Written in a lively style, each chapter opens with a brief cultural history of the people who used the language, followed by selected authentic and translated texts and an examination of particular areas including grammar, pronunciation, lexis, dialect variation and borrowing, textual transmission, analogy and drift.
