Historical German Grammar, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Wright, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330298918 ISBN 13: 9781330298916

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Historical German Grammar, Vol. 1

High German Primers. By so doing, he will gain a much firmer grasp of the subject than if he merely works at a grammar. If he already possesses a fair vocabulary of Old and Middle High German, he will most certainly master the grammar in far less time than he would do, were he quite ignorant of the older periods of the language. However, in writing this book I have not presupposed even an elementary knowledge of Old and Middle High German on the part of students but on the other hand it will be useless for anyone who has not already a fairly good knowledge of Modern German to attempt to read the book, because, in order to save space, I have omitted the meanings of the Modern German words, except in special cases where this might lead to confusion.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Historical German Grammar, Vol. 1

It is noteworthy fact that during the last few years there has been a steady increase in the number of people who take a real interest in the scientific study of language. The comparatively small number of such people, and the backward state of knowledge on the subject, are not due to lack of desire to learn, but chiefly to the lack of suitable handbooks written in English. In order therefore to meet this want, it has long been my intention to edit a series of grammars which shall give for each language a concise account of its phonology, morphology, inflexions and syntax from an historical point of view. I was unable to develop this scheme whilst working at the English Dialect Dictionary; but now that I am free from those labours, I am able to devote my whole time and energy to the furtherance of the project. This book then is the first of the series of historical grammars. Although it has been compressed into a comparatively small compass, I venture to think that it is the most complete treatise on historical German grammar which has hitherto appeared in the English language. A glance at the Index of over 4,000 words will show that I have not shirked the drudgery of collecting large numbers of examples to illustrate the sound-laws in the different periods of the language, and more especially those in the modern period.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330298918
• ISBN 13: 9781330298916
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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