History of the German Language through Texts
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A History of the German Language Through Texts examines the evolution of German, from the Early Medieval period to the present day.Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through a wide range of texts, from medical, legal and scientific writing to literature, everyday newspapers and adverts. All texts are translated and accompanied by commentaries. The book also offers a glossary of technical terms and abbreviations, a summary of the main changes in each historical period, a guide to reference material, and suggestions for further reading.A History of the German Language Through Texts is essential reading for students of German, Linguistics or Philology.
List of illustrationsList of tablesList of phonetic symbols and abbreviationsAcknowledgements1Introduction12Pre-textual German: from Indo-European to West Germanic10IOld High German (c.750-c.1050)253The Lord's Prayer: major dialects of the OHG period and Old English294Heroic Lay: Das Hildebrandslied425Legal code: Lex Salica546Political treaty: the Strasburg Oaths607Gospel harmony: Otfrid von Weissenburg's Evangelienbuch678Political praise poem: the Ludwigslied779Phrasebook: the Paris Conversations8610History: Notker of St. Gallen's prologue to his Boethius translation92IIMiddle High German (c.1050-c.1350)10111Williram of Ebersberg: Commentary to the Song of Songs10312Courtly romance: Hartmann von Aue's Iwein11313French influence: Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan12314Legal Documents: Oath for Jews and Vienna Fief Transfer13015Legal code: Der Sachsenspiegel13916Mysticism: Mechthild von Magdeburg - Das fliessende Licht der Gottheit14817Medicine: Breslauer Arzneibuch153IIIEarly New High German (c.1350-c.1700)16118Humanism and linguistic levelling: Niklas von Wyle's Translatzen16419Low German and the language of business: the Hanseatic League17520Language use for special purposes: cookery recipes 1350-160018521Language use in the early mass media: Reformation pamphlets19522Bible translation: Martin Luther20523Purism in the seventeenth century: Johann Rist21824Dialect: Andreas Gryphius's Die Geliebte Dornrose224IVNew High German (c.1700-c.1945)23325'Natural style': Letters and Moral Weeklies23526J. W. Goethe: literature, natural sciences and administration24327Political pamphlets: Berlin 184825228Lexicography and nationalism: Jacob Grimm's Vorrede zum Deutschen Worterbuch26329Industrialization, technology and language: Die Marmorirkunst and Ferdinand Lassalle27230Elements of everyday language use: letters and letter-writing manuals27831Scientific prose in the nineteenth century: Rudolf Virchow28732National Socialism: Fritz Lenz's Die Familie im Dienst der Rassenhygiene298VContemporary German (c.1945-c.2000)30733The language of the GDR: texts on the erection and fall of the Berlin Wall30934The public sphere: discourse strategies and lexical development31835English influence: Jil Sander and the Verein Deutsche Sprache32536Newspapers: language and text organization in the nineteenth century and twentieth century33237Jugendsprache: Katz und Goldt and chatrooms344Glossary358Bibliography361Index384
