Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache : New edition.

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Author / Creator:Scherer, Wilhelm.
Imprint:Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995.
Description:1 online resource (309 pages)
Language:English
Subject:German language -- History.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
German language.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11278763
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Other authors / contributors:Jankowsky, Kurt R.
ISBN:9789027276544
9027276544
Notes:Print version record.
Summary:Wilhelm Scherer (1841-1886) has gained wide recognition for his extraordinary accomplishments in linguistics as well as in literary studies. His first and most important contribution to the development of linguistic science was his monumental work of 508 pages Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache, published in 1868. His stated objective was "to subject all aspects of the Germanic grammar to a new treatment." While such a wording sounds rather modest, the actual implementation in his book, if viewed within the framework of his time, might very appropriately be called revolutionary. He broke with.
Other form:Print version: Scherer, Wilhelm. Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache : New edition. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1995 9789027219947