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Intro to the Gothic Lang (Introductions to Older Languages)
William H. Bennett
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Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: ESF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780873522953
SKU
V9780873522953
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99-1
Reviews for Intro to the Gothic Lang (Introductions to Older Languages)
An introductory textbook of Gothic by a scholar of Professor Bennett's eminence is of course to be welcomed without qualification, the more so because it in no way duplicates its competitors in the field. The clarity of presentation is exemplary."
Modern Language Review
Modern Language Review