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Etymology of Ripuarian “schnuch”, “schnoch” ‘pike’
Westger. *snōk- ‘Hecht’ > mnl. snoec nnl. snoek, mnd nnd. snōk, nrip. schnuch, schnoch [o:], Pl. schnöch.
The real sound of the bear
https://xkcd.com/2381/ and what happened after. “⟦background text:⟧ “Thank you to Gretchen McCulloch for fielding this question, and sorry that as a result the world’s foremost internet linguist has been devoured by the brown one. She will be missed.”
Etymology of “dialog” and “argument”. The persuasion pattern ‘I show and donʼt just tell’
The history of διάλογος and argūmentum can be foreshadowed as follows. For more details see the summary in chapter 8. Old Greek δια‑λέγ‑ω meant ‘I sort (and pick), I distinguish (and pick)’ > ‘I select’; alongside there existed an indirect-reflective middle: δια‑λέγ‑ο‑μαι ‘I sort (and pick) for me, I distinguish something for me with regard… Continue reading Etymology of “dialog” and “argument”. The persuasion pattern ‘I show and donʼt just tell’
Annotation: Some general guidelines and a tool
The article linked here is about traditional annotation systems and their drawbacks, which result from an emphasis on part-of-speech annotation and from other symptoms of a non-analytical, non-modular annotation system. Notably, these drawbacks affect the annotation of syntactic structures.
Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik, historisch. Zusammenfassung
Die hier verlinkte Zusammenfassung wurde für einen Einführungskurs in die historische Linguistik des Deutschen geschrieben:
Laryngeals and the Germanic Languages. Reconstructed and Attested Forms
This is an appendix to Laryngeals and the Germanic Languages. Phonology and Morphology, see the section about the etymologies, where a selection of the most interesting cases is given.
Laryngeals and the Germanic Languages. Keywords
This is an appendix to Laryngeals and the Germanic Languages. Phonology and Morphology, see the section about the outline of Proto-Indoeuropean Morphology.
OHG inflectional endings. An overview on one page
Having the most important inflectional endings at hand may be helpful for learning some Old High German or reading Old High German texts. The attached overview of the OHG declination and conjugation fits on one page, so in the beginning it may be placed next to your OHG reading, then little by little absorbed into… Continue reading OHG inflectional endings. An overview on one page
The Determiner Phrase and the Weak Declension in the History of German
#1. Abstract. Determiner phrase and weak declension: explanations with regard to the economy of language use and long-term typological tendencies (OV-VO change, reduction of unstressed syllables). The core of this text was presented in summer 2010. It was published as Stefan Müller: Zur Determinativphrase in der Geschichte des Deutschen; but on account of erroneous editorial… Continue reading The Determiner Phrase and the Weak Declension in the History of German