The Third Gender: Studies in the Origin and History of Germanic Grammatical Gend

Description: The Third Gender by Frederick W. Schwink The Third Gender treats the history and development of grammatical gender from Indo-European to Germanic and into the daughter languages. Grammatical gender has hitherto received only peripheral attention in histories of the Germanic languages. This relative neglect is unfortunate, for this nominal category holds the key to understanding the massive transformations that have occurred in the nominal systems of all the Indo-European languages, which Schwink claims are in considerable part due to problems arising out of the innovation of a "third" gender, a feminine, disturbing the earlier classification of nouns into animate and inanimate. Gender offers clear evidence that Germanic represents an extremely archaic form of Indo-European. And understanding gender in a historical perspective allows us to draw together such disparate developments as found in Modern English, German, and Dutch and to show their essential similarity and relatedness. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Long Description The Third Gender treats the history and development of grammatical gender from Indo-European to Germanic and into the daughter languages. Grammatical gender has hitherto received only peripheral attention in histories of the Germanic languages. This relative neglect is unfortunate, for this nominal category holds the key to understanding the massive transformations that have occurred in the nominal systems of all the Indo-European languages, which Schwink claims are in considerable part due to problems arising out of the innovation of a "third" gender, a feminine, disturbing the earlier classification of nouns into animate and inanimate. Gender offers clear evidence that Germanic represents an extremely archaic form of Indo-European. And understanding gender in a historical perspective allows us to draw together such disparate developments as found in Modern English, German, and Dutch and to show their essential similarity and relatedness. Details ISBN3825314154 Author Frederick W. Schwink Short Title 3RD GENDER Pages 118 Publisher Universitatsverlag Winter Language English ISBN-10 3825314154 ISBN-13 9783825314156 Media Book Format Paperback Series Indogermanische Bibliothek. 3. Reihe: Untersuchungen Year 2004 Publication Date 2004-01-05 Subtitle Studies in the Origin and History of Germanic Grammatical Gender DOI 10.1604/9783825314156 Imprint Universitatsverlag Winter Country of Publication Germany DEWEY 430.0455 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136619113;

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