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  • A Short History of the German Language (RLE Linguistics E: Indo-European Linguistics)

    by William Walker Chambers, John Ritchie Wilkie ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
    This simple introduction to the history of the German language seeks to provide students who have some knowledge of modern German, but no knowledge either of its development or of linguistic theories, with a short account of the essential factors – chronological, geographical and linguistic – and their interrelation.The material is arranged in three parts. The first traces the history of the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Learn German Today - Phrasebook For Beginners

    by Klaus Stein ...
    Our phrasebook for beginners will introduce you some of the basic phrases for use on your trip.Wifi access when abroad is problematic so rely on your ebook instead!Contents:IntroductionPronunciation— Vowels— Semi-vowels— Consonants— Nasals— Diphthongs— ExceptionsPhrase list— Basics— Problems— Numbers— Time— Days— Colors— Transportation— Money— Eating... ... Read more

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  • The Genius of Language

    Observations for Teachers (CW 299)

    by Rudolf Steiner, Christopher Bamford, Ádám Makkai ...
    Translated by Ruth Pusch, Gertrude Teutsch ...
    Series Book 7 - Education
    6 lectures, Stuttgart, Dec. 26, 1919 - Jan. 3, 1920 (CW 299)To one who understands the sense of speechThe world unveilsIts image form.To one who listens to the soul of speechThe world unfoldsIts true being.To one who lives in the spirit depths of speechThe world gives freelyWisdom's strength.To one who lovingly can dwell on speechSpeech will accordIts inner might.So... ... Read more

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  • The History of English: A Linguistic Introduction

    by Scott Shay ...
    The History of English: A Linguistic Introduction is for anyone interested in the history of the English language. While leading the reader through the pre-history of English, through Germanic times, Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English, the book also introduces the reader to concepts in theoretical and historical linguistics. It includes authentic texts from each ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf

    A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective

    by Carlo Ginzburg, Bruce Lincoln ...
    In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he insisted, he was one of the "hounds of God," fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and even Satan to protect the fields, flocks, and humanity—a baffling claim that attracted the notice of the judges then and still commands attention ... Read more

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  • Leibniz

    An Intellectual Biography

    by Maria Rosa Antognazza ...
    Of all the thinkers of the century of genius that inaugurated modern philosophy, none lived an intellectual life more rich and varied than Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716). Maria Rosa Antognazza's pioneering biography provides a unified portrait of this unique thinker and the world from which he came. At the centre of the huge range of Leibniz's apparently miscellaneous endeavours, Antognazza ... Read more

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  • Early Medieval Architecture as Bearer of Meaning

    by Gunter Bandmann, Hans Böker ...
    Translated by Kendall Wallis ...
    At last available in English, this classic text was originally published in Germany in 1951 and has been continuously in print since then. Gunter Bandmann analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire. He examines the occurrence and recurrence of basic forms not as stylistic evolutions but as meaningful ... Read more

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  • ABC: The Alphabetizaton of the Popular Mind

    by Ivan Illich ...
    In ABC... philosopher and cultural analyst Ivan Illich and medieval scholar and literary critic Barry Sanders have produced an original, meticulous and provocative study of the advent, spread and present decline of literacy. They explore he impact of the alphabet on fundamental thought processes and attitudes, on memory, on political groupings and religous and cultural expectations. Their ... Read more

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  • Growth and Structure of the English Language

    by Otto Jespersen ...
    This early work Otto Jespersen was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Growth and Structure of the English Language' is a scholarly linguistic study. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor of English, a post he held from ... Read more

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  • Analytical Psychology and German Classical Aesthetics: Goethe, Schiller, and Jung Volume 2

    The Constellation of the Self

    by Paul Bishop ...
    The second volume of Analytical Psychology and German Classical Aesthetics builds on the previous volume to show how German classicism, specifically the classical aesthetics associated with Goethe and Schiller known as Weimar classicism, was a major influence on psychoanalysis and analytical psychology alike.This volume examines such significant parallels between analytical psychology and Weimar ... Read more

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  • Old English and its Closest Relatives

    A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages

    by Orrin W. Robinson ...
    This accessible introductory reference source surveys the linguistic and cultural background of the earliest known Germanic languages and examines their similarities and differences. The Languages covered include:Gothic Old Norse Old SaxonOld English Old Low Franconian Old High German Written in a lively style, each chapter opens with a brief cultural history of the people who used the language, ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Medieval German Literature

    A Companion

    by Marion Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson ...
    Medieval German Literature provides a comprehensive survey of this Germanic body of work from the eighth century through the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD