Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages by Robinson, Orrin W - 1993-10-01

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Stanford University Press. New. 1993. Softcover. 0804722218 . This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "At first glance, there may seem little reason to think of English and German as variant forms of a single language. There are enormous differences between the two in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar, and a monolingual speaker of one cannot understand the other at all. Yet modern English and German have many points in common, and if we go back to the earliest texts available in the two languages, the similarities are even more notable. How do we account for these similarities? The generally accepted explanation is that English and German are divergent continuations of a common ancestor, a Germanic language now lost. This book surveys the… Read More

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Stanford Univ Pr, 1993. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

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Stanford Univ Pr, 1993. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased); pp. xiv (last blank), 290, with 4 figures + 8 maps. A near fine copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. F-.