Germania Semitica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23150545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theo Vennemann, Theo Vennemann gen Nierfeld (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 742 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Germania Semitica (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9783110301090 |
| OpenAlex | W4205573455 |
| ISBN | 9783110301090 |
| Open Library | OL28357742M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Germania Semitica explores prehistoric language contact in general, and attempts to identify the languages involved in shaping Germanic in particular. The book deals with a topic outside the scope of other disciplines concerned with prehistory, such as archaeology and genetics, drawing its conclusions from the linguistic evidence alone, relying on language typology and areal probability. The data for reconstruction comes from Germanic syntax, phonology, etymology, religious loan names, and the writing system, more precisely from word order, syntactic constructions, word formation, irregularities in phonological form, lexical peculiarities, and the structure and rules of the Germanic runic alphabet. It is demonstrated that common descent is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for reconstruction. Instead, lexical and structural parallels between Germanic and Semitic languages are explored and interpreted in the framework of modern language contact theory.
Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · Medicine · Etymology · Europe · Germanic languages · Historical linguistics · History · Influence on Germanic · Influence on Germanic languages · Language and languages · Language and languages, etymology · Languages · Semitic languages
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |