The Oxford Gothic Grammar - D. Gary Miller

The Oxford Gothic Grammar

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Buch | Hardcover
738 Seiten
2019
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-881359-0 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
This volume provides a comprehensive reference grammar of Gothic, the earliest attested language of the Germanic family (apart from runic inscriptions). It is the first in English to draw on the recently discovered Bologna fragment and Crimean graffiti, in addition to the traditional Bible translation explored in most works to date.
This volume provides a comprehensive reference grammar of Gothic, the earliest attested language of the Germanic family (apart from runic inscriptions), dating to the fourth century. The bulk of the extant Gothic corpus is a translation of the Bible, of which only a portion remains, and which has been the focus of most previous works. This book is the first in English to also draw on the recently discovered Bologna fragment and Crimean graffiti, original Gothic texts that provide more insights into the language. Following an overview of the history of the Goths and the origin of the Gothic language, Gary Miller explores all the major topics in Gothic grammar, beginning with the alphabet and phonology, and proceeding through subjects such as case functions, prepositions and particles, compounding, derivation, and verbal and sentential syntax. He also presents a selection of Gothic texts with notes and vocabulary, and ends with a chapter on linearization, including an overview of Gothic in its Germanic context. The Oxford Gothic Grammar will be an invaluable reference for all Indo-Europeanists, Germanic scholars, and historical linguists, from advanced undergraduate level upwards.

D. Gary Miller is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and the Classics at the Universities of Florida and Colorado, Boulder. His previous books with OUP include Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change (2002), Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English (2005), Language Change and Linguistic Theory (2 vols; 2010), External Influences on English: From Beginnings to the Renaissance (2012), and English Lexicogenesis (2014).

Preface
Acknowledgments
Dating and other conventions
Abbreviations
1: The Goths and Gothic
2: Alphabet and phonology
3: The nominal system
4: Case functions
5: The verbal system
6: P-words
7: Compounding
8: Nominal derivation
9: Verbal and sentential syntax
10: Gothic texts
11: Linearization and typology
Appendix: supplementary information
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 176 x 255 mm
Gewicht 1434 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-19-881359-7 / 0198813597
ISBN-13 978-0-19-881359-0 / 9780198813590
Zustand Neuware
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