German
Subtitle: biography of a language
By: Ruth H. Sanders.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780195388459
Subjects: German language -- History; German language -- Social aspects; Sociolinguistics -- Germany
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Turning points of a language; title: Germanic beginnings; title: Timeline : from the earliest settlements in Northern Europe to the beginning of the Christian era; title: The Germanic languages survive the Romans; title: Timeline : from the battle of Kalkriese to the end of the Western Roman Empire; title: A fork in the road : high German, low German; title: Timeline : from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the Protestant Reformation; title: Bible German and the birth of a standard language; title: Timeline : from the beginning of the Reformation to the beginning of the first industrial revolution; title: The German language gets a state; title: Timeline : from the unification of Germany to the beginning of World War I; title: Postwar comeback times two : a hight point, a double fall from grace, and recoveries; title: Timeline : from the end of World War I to the present