Grimm language
Subtitle: grammar, gender and genuineness in the fairy tales
By: Orrin W. Robinson.
Series: Linguistic approaches to literature
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Company; John Benjamins Publishing Company; Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9789027233448; 9789027288226
Subjects: Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863 -- Language; Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859 -- Language; Kinder- und Hausmärchen; German language -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A linguistic look at the children's and household tales; title: The six swans; title: German from where?; title: Possession; title: Forms of address; title: Reports and omissions; title: Nouns (and their adjectives); title: Appearance; title: Moral states and mental dispositions; title: Industry and intelligence; title: Gender and the use of pronouns; title: Concluding remarks.