| The Old Saxon Language: Grammar, Epic Narrative, Linguistic Interference Contributor(s): Rauch, Irmengard (Editor), Rauch, Irmengard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820418935 ISBN-13: 9780820418933 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $77.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Foreign Language Study | German |
| Dewey: 429.5 |
| LCCN: 92-20320 |
| Series: Toronto Studies in Religion |
| Physical Information: 418 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book, the first grammar of the Old Saxon language written in English, is self-contained with its inclusion of selected readings from the "Heliand" epic and appropriate comparative readings from two interference dialects, Old High German and Old English. It introduces the reader, regardless of degree of linguistic training, to the basic structure of a Germanic dialect. As a diachronic synchrony (variation and change within the Old Saxon time frame), "The Old Saxon Language" is largely dictated by cognitive strategies needed to unravel semantically a sentence or larger piece of discourse. A semantic focus pervades the entire grammar, which proceeds in the best Berkeley tradition of prompting the student to mingle intellectually with researching faculty. Thus, many of the most sophisticated research problems surrounding the study of Old Saxon are addressed. |