| An Introduction to the Gothic Language Contributor(s): Bennett, William H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873522958 ISBN-13: 9780873522953 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1980 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Scandinavian Languages (other) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting |
| Dewey: 439.9 |
| LCCN: 99026535 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.45" W x 9.23" (0.70 lbs) 205 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bennett, William H.: - 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. |