Foreign Language Study : German

In this chronological dictionary, the vocabulary of Old High German is sorted by periods, regions and text-types; in addition, vernacular insertions in Latin texts are registered as far as possible. An evaluation section lists which Old High German words appear in the 9th century at all, and which occur there for the first time. This makes it possible for the vocabulary to be examined and described systematically. more...

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Academic texts are regarded as impersonal texts. They follow what is known as the “I” taboo. The present study resolves the question of how the “I” is to be seen in academic texts. The concept of the author moves on a multiplicity of levels. On the one hand, typical academic acts (such as “solving a research problem”) are continually being explicated, on the other, typical attitudes are also being indicated (such as uncertainty). In the model, the marking levels are integrated. Thus the ‘author in the text‚ can be determined both as typical of a domain and as an individual figure. more...

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This study is concerned with the history of declension classes in four Germanic languages - German, Dutch, Swedish and Danish. Detailed studies in language history explore the genesis, change and structure of the present-day systems. A comparison of the language histories makes parallels and divergences particularly clear. Using many examples and schematic illustrations, the study illuminates the development of the typological variety in the Germanic languages from a contrastive perspective. more...

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Johannes Rothe's Ritterspiegel [Mirror of Chivalry] with its 4108 verses is the most comprehensive medieval knightly primer in German. In all probability it was written for young nobles in the context of Rothe's work as school head in Eisenach from 1414. Apart from its significance for the history of literature as a didactic poem, the work provides a rich source of information on the cultural and legal history of chivalry which focuses the traditional characteristics of the model of social estates on the situation in the 15th century. Rothe's concept of virtuous nobility implies social mobility, i.e. promotion or demotion within the hierarchy of estates. The following are explicated: a history of chivalry, the right to bear arms and seven privileges of the estate, rules on combat and warfare, these being oriented in either a moralising Christian or a purely practical direction, tasks of an army commander, the significance of astrology. The Thuringian text has been newly edited and translated on the basis of the Cassel manuscript; the commentary resolves linguistic issues and historical references and elucidates the source materials for the work. more...

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Based on transcriptions of witch interrogations from early modern times, the work presents a regionally differentiated documentation and examination of German official language. The 54 representative transcripts from witch interrogation trials between 158 more...

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