Marc Pierce

Biographic Data

ID3789666
NAMEMarc Pierce
GIVEN NAMESMarc
FAMILY NAMEPierce
SIGNATUREPIERCE M
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Austin
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS48
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT48
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • On slayed

    Edwin Battistella, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2026

    A few years ago, a university administrator made an offhand suggestion that “the faculty should self-manage themselves.” The usage, with its double self, stuck with me. The doubling seemed both redundant and yet somehow helpful, stressing that this was the faculty's purview to manage, not the administrator's. I've noticed more of these constructions since then, people self-promoting themselves, self-pitying themselves, self-controlling themselves…

  • Texas German

    Open AccessHans C Boas, Michal Pierce et al.ARTICLEYearbook of German-American Studies2025

  • On Heckuva

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2025References: 4

  • When is a Dissertation not a Dissertation: On Eikel 1954

    Open AccessMichal Pierce, Marc Pierce et al.ARTICLEYearbook of German-American Studies2022

  • Old Saxon as a Starting Point for the Study of Germanic Linguistics and Philology

    Open AccessMichal Pierce, Marc Pierce et al.ARTICLEMediaevistik2021

    In this paper, we argue that Old Saxon is the best starting point for the study of Germanic linguistics and philology. We first introduce the issue, drawing on papers published in the late 1960s by Ulrich Groenke and W. Freeman Twaddell to do so. This is followed by a section evaluating other potential starting points for the area, specifically the other early Germanic languages and the history of German. We then make the case for Old Saxon, whic…

  • Anatoly Liberman. In Prayer and Laughter: Essays on Medieval Scandinavian and Germanic Mythology, Literature, and Culture

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEScandinavian Studies2021

    Anatoly Liberman. In Prayer and Laughter: Essays on Medieval Scandinavian and Germanic Mythology, Literature, and Culture . Moscow: Paleograph Press, 2016. Pp. 588. Anatoly Liberman is one of the most important Germanic linguists/philologists/mythologists/literary scholars of the past several

  • In Prayer and Laughter: Essays on Medieval Scandinavian and Germanic Mythology, Literature, and Culture

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEScandinavian Studies2021

  • The Ordering of the Futhark

    Sandra Ballif Straubhaar, Sandra Straubhaar et al.ARTICLEAmsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren…2020

    This article focuses on the ordering of the runic alphabet. It is well-known that the runic alphabet goes f-u-th-a-r-k, and that this ordering differs sharply from that of all of the contemporary alphabets. This is particularly surprising, as it is difficult to understand why the inventor(s) of the runic alphabet would alter the ordering of the possible source alphabet(s) so dramatically. In this article, we evaluate some of the main theories pro…

  • The Univerbation of helluva

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2017Cited by: 1References: 2

    Discussion| February 01 2017 The Univerbation of helluva Marc Pierce Marc Pierce University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2017) 92 (1): 100–103. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-4187004 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Marc Pierce; The Univerbation of helluva. American Speech 1 February 2017; 92 (1): 100–103. doi: http…

  • On Underwears

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2017References: 1

    Other| August 01 2017 On Underwears Marc Pierce Marc Pierce University of Texas at Austin marc pierce is an associate professor in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently working on a book about the history of Germanic linguistics in North America. His other research interests include historical linguistics, phonology, language contact, and Texas German. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for…

  • More on Ish

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2015References: 4

    Discussion| August 01 2015 MORE ON ISH Marc Pierce Marc Pierce Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2015) 90 (3): 394–398. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3441047 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Marc Pierce; MORE ON ISH. American Speech 1 August 2015; 90 (3): 394–398. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3441047 Download citation file: Zoter…

  • On Language Diversity and Relationship from Bibliander to Adelung

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLESixteenth Century Journal2014

  • The Further Degrammaticalization of -Ish

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2014Cited by: 1References: 5

    Discussion| February 01 2014 THE FURTHER DEGRAMMATICALIZATION OF -ISH Marc Pierce Marc Pierce Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2014) 89 (1): 115–118. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2726431 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Marc Pierce; THE FURTHER DEGRAMMATICALIZATION OF -ISH. American Speech 1 February 2014; 89 (1): 115–118. doi: https://…

  • Syllable weight in Gothic

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEIndogermanische Forschungen2013

    The status of syllable weight in Gothic, specifically the question of whether stressed syllables must be bimoraic, remains controversial. While some scholars, e. g. Riad (1992), argue that this condition is crucial to Gothic syllabification, others, like Calabrese (1994), reject this claim. Although this dispute has quieted down somewhat over the past two decades, the debate remains unresolved. As such, a significant piece of the puzzle of Gothic…

  • A Goy Who Speaks Yiddish: Christians and the Jewish Language in Early Modern Germany

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLESixteenth Century Journal2013

  • Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization (review)

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEThe Classical World2012

  • The Pied Piper: A Handbook

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEJournal of American Folklore2012

    Book Review| July 01 2012 The Pied Piper: A Handbook The Pied Piper: A Handbook. By Wolfgang Mieder. Greenwood Folklore Handbooks. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007. Pp. xi + 189, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, Web resources, index.). Marc Pierce Marc Pierce Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2012) 125 (497): 383–384. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.125.497.0383 Cite Icon Cite Sha…

  • On the resilience of Edgerton's Law

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEFolia Linguistica Historica2011

    In a series of articles published between 1934 and 1962, Franklin Edgerton proposed several revisions to Sievers's Law. Edgerton's revisions were in fact so far-reaching that the relevant sound law became known as ‘Sievers–Edgerton,’ or as ‘Edgerton's Law.’ Edgerton's Law rapidly gained acceptance among linguists, was standard dogma for several decades, and is still defended sometimes today, even though a number of scholars have argued that it ca…

  • The Texas German Dialect Archive: A Multimedia Resource for Research, Teaching, and Outreach

    Open AccessHans C Boas, Michal Pierce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Germanic Linguistics2010

    This paper describes the organization of the Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP), which aims to document and archive the remnants of Texas German. The mission of the TGDP is (a) to document Texas German as it reflects the rich cultural and linguistic traditions of its residents; (b) to gather basic research information about linguistic diversity; (c) to provide linguistic information for public and educational interests, and (d) to use the collec…

  • Unlocked Books: Manuscripts of Learned Magic in the Medieval Libraries of Central Europe

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLESixteenth Century Journal2010

  • Textual Editing and Criticism: An Introduction

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLESixteenth Century Journal2010

  • Slobbovia: An Etymological Note

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEAmerican Speech2010

    Discussion| November 01 2010 Slobbovia: An Etymological Note Marc Pierce Marc Pierce Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2010) 85 (4): 464–465. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2010-025 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Marc Pierce; Slobbovia: An Etymological Note. American Speech 1 November 2010; 85 (4): 464–465. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00…

  • Modern English key and the Problem of Loan Words in Germanic

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEHistorical Linguistics2009

  • Laurel J. Brinton and Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Lexicalization and Language Change

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEThe Linguistic Review2009

  • Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller , and: The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish (review)

    Michal Pierce, Marc PierceARTICLEJournal of American Folklore2009

    Reviewed by: Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller, and: The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish Marc Pierce Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller. By Jack Zipes. (New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. Sel. and trans. by Diana Crone FrankJeffrey Frank. Illus. by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. Pp. A number of scholarly works on Andersen als…