Geschichte der deutschen Sprache

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Geschichte der deutschen Sprache
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jacob Grimm
SeriesFirst Steps to Study and Master Life Skills Grade 1 Learner's Book Afrikaans translation
Series part Volume No. Volume 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:588
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/Genrelinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9781108006606
ClassificationsDewey:430
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 November 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) became a household name around the world through the collections of fairy tales he compiled with his brother Wilhelm. Jacob's specialism was the history of the German language, which he studied in the broader context of Indo-European philology. Others working in this burgeoning field included the older scholar Rasmus Rask and Grimm's contemporary Franz Bopp (also published in this series). Grimm's two-volume Geschichte der deutschen Sprache, reissued here, was first published in 1848. It is noteworthy especially for the chapter on the major sound shift now known as Grimm's Law or die erste deutsche Lautverschiebung, which sets out regular mappings between Germanic consonants and those found in earlier Indo-European languages, such as English father and Latin pater. The book also contains a wealth of comparative material on phonology, vocabulary and grammar within Germanic and across the Indo-European spectrum.