| Umlaut Phenomena in Early New High German Discourse: A Pragmatic Approach Contributor(s): Rauch, Irmengard (Editor), Forester, Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820430846 ISBN-13: 9780820430843 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $67.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Yiddish - Foreign Language Study | German - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 437.02 |
| LCCN: 96016199 |
| Series: Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics |
| Physical Information: 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: semantic and discourse considerations. "Umlaut Phenomena in Early New High German Discourse" is an investigation of the spread and regularization of umlaut in Early New High German that focuses on semantic and pragmatic influences. In a detailed analysis of excerpts from three texts - Brant's "Narrenschiff," von Tepl's "Ackermann von Bohmen," and Luther's "Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen" - lexical items displaying variation in umlaut spelling are compared in an attempt to isolate discourse factors that influenced the choice of each variant. This work differs from other studies on umlaut in that, on the basis of evidence from these Early New High German texts, it postulates that the development of umlaut was not only a phonological matter, but was in fact significantly influenced by semantic and discourse considerations." |