The nature and virtues of the German language in the Bavarian periodical ‘Parnassus boicus’ (1722–1740)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7794953 |
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| Authors | Aldo Scaglione (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-347 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historiographia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/hl.15.3.02sca |
| OpenAlex | W2072633987 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
A close analysis of the Bavarian periodical Parnassus Boicus (1722–1740) discloses several aspects of interest to the linguistic historian. Besides a polemical and proto-nationalistic view of German as a language for heroes, the editors defended, against the French-oriented critical stance à la Gottsched which was-beginning to have the upper hand, a marked sympathy for periodic syntax, which they claimed as most natural to German, as well as a strong preference for the chancery style
Archaeology · Art · Czech · German · Linguistics · Literature · Natural (archaeology · Style (visual arts · Sympathy · Syntax · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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