The book presents a comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, providing a detailed account of key topics in their morphology, phonology and syntax. The organization of natural language data provided makes “The Germanic Languages” an easily accessible resource for language learners and instructors as it is a thorough treatment of the structure of Germanic languages past and present.
The EU promotes the linguistic and cultural diversity of its peoples. It does so by supporting the teaching and learning of their languages. The EU’s ambitious goal is to enable citizens to be fluent in two languages in addition to their mother tongue. The EU institutions work with 23 official languages. This is to ensure that all EU citizens, whether they speak a major European language or a lesser-known one, have equal access to the policies and legislation of the European Union.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2010, held in Madrid, Spain, in January 2010, colocated with POPL 2010, the Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.
In recent years and decades, interest in language history has increased in general and also within the field of Nordic studies. Therefore, it seems appropriate to investigate the current state of Nordic language history and, where applicable, to attempt to rewrite it. For this reason, the series editors of HSK expressed a desire to the publisher and the undersigned to publish a new handbook on the history of Nordic languages – an idea which was well-received and the results of which are presented to the public here in this work.
Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic LanguagesThis book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.
