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008 090917s2010 enka b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780195388459 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0195388453 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn437186866
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050 00 $aPF3075$b.S26 2010
082 00 $a430.9$222
100 1 $aSanders, Ruth H.
245 10 $aGerman :$bbiography of a language /$cRuth H. Sanders.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $a240 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [216]-225) and index.
505 0 $aGermanic beginnings. Timeline : from the earliest settlements in Northern Europe to the beginning of the Christian era -- The Germanic languages survive the Romans. Timeline : from the battle of Kalkriese to the end of the Western Roman Empire -- A fork in the road : high German, low German. Timeline : from the beginning of the middle ages to the Protestant reformation -- Bible German and the birth of a standard language. Timeline : from the beginning of the reformation to the beginning of the first industrial revolution -- The German language gets a state. Timeline : from the unification of Germany to the beginning of World War I -- Postwar comeback times two : a hight point, a double fall from grace, and recoveries. Timeline : from the end of World War I to the present.
520 $aBlending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia. --from publisher description
650 0 $aGerman language$xHistory.
650 0 $aGerman language$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSociolinguistics$zGermany.