Modern Language Notes, Vol. 27 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Johns Hopkins University

9780332946337: Modern Language Notes, Vol. 27 (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0332946339 ISBN 13: 9780332946337

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore how early Germanic pronouns and Anglo-Saxon idioms shaped later syntax. Clear, evidence-based analysis for readers of language history.

This issue examines the development of the impersonal pronoun in Old High German, tracing its limited use as both subject and object and detailing how the pronoun evolved into a more impersonal form that conveys the action itself. It also discusses an idiom in Anglo-Saxon literature related to the comparative, comparing it with Latin and Hebrew influences and considering how translators across centuries handled similar constructions. The article places these examples in a broader discussion of Germanic and English syntax, with attention to how later languages were shaped by early patterns.

Learn how the original personal use of a neuter pronoun shifted toward an abstract, impersonal function.
See how cross-language influences from Hebrew, Latin, and Greek affected comparative constructions.
Understand scholarly debates around specific examples in Old High German and Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose.
Gain context on how early linguistic observations connect to later Germanic and English grammar.

Ideal for readers of historical linguistics, philology, and early Germanic studies who want a focused, scholarly treatment of syntax development.

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