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BL
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623856
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| Main Entry
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Sanders, Ruth H.
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| Title & Author
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German : : biography of a language /\ Ruth H. Sanders.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010.
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vii, 240 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780195388459 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0195388453 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-225) and index.
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| Contents
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Germanic beginnings. Timeline : from the earliest settlements in Northern Europe to the beginning of the Christian era -- The Germanic languages survive the Romans. Timeline : from the battle of Kalkriese to the end of the Western Roman Empire -- A fork in the road : high German, low German. Timeline : from the beginning of the middle ages to the Protestant reformation -- Bible German and the birth of a standard language. Timeline : from the beginning of the reformation to the beginning of the first industrial revolution -- The German language gets a state. Timeline : from the unification of Germany to the beginning of World War I -- Postwar comeback times two : a hight point, a double fall from grace, and recoveries. Timeline : from the end of World War I to the present.
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| Abstract
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Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia--From publisher description.
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| Subject
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German language-- History.
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German language-- Social aspects.
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Sociolinguistics-- Germany.
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| Dewey Classification
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430.9
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