An Introduction To The Study Of Old High German

An Introduction To The Study Of Old High German

Author: Armitage Lionel 1862-

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022608986

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A concise and insightful guide to the study of Old High German, a predecessor language to modern German. This book is an ideal introduction for students of German language and culture, or anyone interested in the history of the Germanic peoples. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


An Introduction to the Study of Old High German (Classic Reprint)

An Introduction to the Study of Old High German (Classic Reprint)

Author: Lionel Armitage

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780266198178

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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of Old High German I have sought to avoid this danger, and to make my grammar from the outset clear and comprehensible in itself, and on the other hand I have strenuously tried to avoid the faults of many elementary primers, which attain apparent clearness at the expense of accuracy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


An Old-High-German Primer

An Old-High-German Primer

Author: Joseph Wright

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-16

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781528564281

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Excerpt from An Old-High-German Primer: With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary III. West Germanic, which is composed of Old English (oe), Old Frisian, Old Saxon (os), sometimes called Old Low German, Old Low Franconian (old Dutch), and Old High German. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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.