Bad Frisian and bad Low German
Interference in the writings of a medieval West Frisian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11294281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rolf H Bremmer (0000-0002-9311-8619, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 375-388 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Multilingua (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-8507 • E-ISSN: 1613-3684 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/mult.1997.16.4.375 |
| OpenAlex | W2059592957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Frisian was the language spoken in the coastal districts between the Rhine and the Weser well into the High Middle Ages. Its retreat from the north-eastern end was caused by the growing dominance of Low German, the Hanseatic language. Whereas the external history of the demise of Frisian as a written language has been well described, little work has been done on a description and analysis of the process itself. Study of a short Low German text written by a bilingual, native Frisian reveals many traces of Frisian interference, but it is difficult to detect a system in these forms. The only certain conclusion to be drawn on both the author's Frisian and Low German is that he represents a case of a 'semilingual' or 'balanced' bilingual, having an equal knowledge of these two (closely related) languages without being fully competent in them
Ancient history · Archaeology · German · Classics · History · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics and language evolution
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |