Old English and Its Closest Relatives

Old English and Its Closest Relatives
Author: Orrin W. Robinson
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1992
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780804722216


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The author surveys the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of the earliest known Germanic languages, members of what has traditionally been known as the English family tree: Gothic, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Low Franconian, and Old High German.

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