Old English and its Closest Relatives
Old English and its Closest Relatives

Author: Orrin W. Robinson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1134848994

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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.

German-English Dictionary, Second Edition
German-English Dictionary, Second Edition

Author: Langenscheidt

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-05-26

Total Pages: 675

ISBN-13: 1439141665

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Now fully revised and updated and featuring more than 55,000 entries, these foreign language dictionaries feature hundreds of new words reflecting today's cultural, political, and technological changes plus contemporary idioms and expressions. Revised reissue.