An Introduction to the Gothic Language

William H Bennett

ISBN 10: 0873522958 / ISBN 13: 9780873522953

Published by Modern Language Association Of America, 1980

About this Item

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This handbook was written specifically for beginning students. It presents twenty-seven graded readings, each accompanied by a vocabulary and an explanation of grammatical details; the final chapter provides a sample of the Codex Argenteus. Among the readings, the first seven are in effect preliminary exercises. The remaining twenty readings represent the Gothic Bible and the Skeireins. The external history of the language is also outlined, as well as the elements of phonetics, and the essentials of phonologic and analogic change.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to the Gothic Language
• Publisher: Modern Language Association Of America
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873522958
• ISBN 13: 9780873522953
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 164H x 11D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 318 grams

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Synopsis

This handbook was written specifically for beginning students. It presents twenty-seven graded readings, each accompanied by a vocabulary and an explanation of grammatical details; the final chapter provides a sample of the Codex Argenteus. Among the readings, the first seven are in effect preliminary exercises. The remaining twenty readings represent the Gothic Bible and the Skeireins. The external history of the language is also outlined, as well as the elements of phonetics, and the essentials of phonologic and analogic change.

About the Author

William Bennett was a professor in the department of Germanic languages and literatures at the University of Michigan and the author of 17 articles and four book chapters on Germanic linguistics.