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Old Saxon as a Starting Point for the Study of Germanic Linguistics and Philology

by Marc Pierce (Author) Collin Brown (Author)
©2021 14 Pages
Open Access
Journal: Mediaevistik Volume 34 Issue 1 Publication Year 2021 pp. 11 - 24

Summary

In this paper, we argue that Old Saxon is the best starting point for the study of Germanic linguistics and philology. We first introduce the issue, drawing on papers published in the late 1960s by Ulrich Groenke and W. Freeman Twaddell to do so. This is followed by a section evaluating other potential starting points for the area, specifically the other early Germanic languages and the history of German. We then make the case for Old Saxon, which is based on the high literary quality of the Old Saxon

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Pages
14
Publication Year
2021
DOI
10.3726/med.2021.01.01
Open Access
CC-BY
Keywords
Germanic linguistics Germanic philology Old Saxon

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Marc Pierce (Author) Collin Brown (Author)

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Title: Old Saxon as a Starting Point for the Study of Germanic Linguistics and Philology