Linguistics

Poetik der Fremdheit

Palästinensische und irakische Lyrik des Exils

432 p.,
79.00 €
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This first study on contemporary Arabic exile poetry focuses on four poets who contributed essentially to the innovation of the contemporary Arabic “Qa“īda”: Sa ͑dī Yūsuf (b. 1934) and Kamāl Sabtī (1955–2006) from Iraq as well as Zakariyyā Muḥammad (b. …

Wahnsinn und Ekstase

Literarische Konfigurationen zwischen christlicher Antike und Mittelalter

164 p.,
78.00 €
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›Wahnsinn‹ (insanity) is an enigmatic term with a huge variety of meanings. This variety ranges from labelling mental illnesses or behaviour which is incomprehensible, unreliable or dangerous, to positive attributes (»wahnsinnig gut« i.e. »extremely great«). In case studies, this volume …

Spelling Identities

Individual Orthographic Usages in English, Nordic and Constructed Languages

190 p.,
69.00 €
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This volume contains a selection of papers given at the 2nd Symposium on Linguistic Identities: Spelling, Writing and Identity, held on 29 and 30 November 2021 at the University of Stavanger, Norway. It also features two specifically commissioned contributions. The …

Bettine und Arnim an Rhein und Main

Von Aschaffenburg bis Köln

96 p.,
15.00 €
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Bettine Brentano und Achim von Arnim lernten sich 1802 in Frankfurt kennen. Die Kaufmannstochter deutsch-italienischer Abstammung und der preußische Adlige drückten ihre Anziehung indirekt in Briefen an Clemens Brentano aus. Arnim erkannte Bettines Leidenschaft für „Kunst“; sie antwortete in einem …

Siddham

Studies in Iranian philology in honour of Mauro Maggi

480 p., E-book
110.00 €
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This volume honours Mauro Maggi, celebrating his contributions to Iranian, Indo-Aryan, and Central Asian philology and linguistics. It includes twenty-nine papers from colleagues, former students, and friends, covering a wide array of languages and text traditions such as Avestan, Khotanese, …

Reinmarbilder

Das Textkorpus ‚Reinmar von Zweter‘ und seine Wandlungen in Überlieferung und Rezeption

660 p.,
129.00 €
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Reinmar von Zweter is the most important Sangspruch poet between Walther von der Vogelweide and Frauenlob. Within German poetry of the time, the transmission of his works is unique in two ways. A systematic collection of his Sangsprüche must have …

Berthold Delbrück, Historical and Comparative Indo-European Syntax 1922–2022

Proceedings of the International Conference Delbrück Colloquium on Historical and Comparative Syntax of Indo-European, held in Verona on November 9–12, 2022

464 p.,
110.00 €
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This volume contains some important studies on syntax of Indo-European languages presented at the Delbrück Symposium on Indo-European Syntax on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Berthold Delbrück's death in 2022. The book, which can be considered one of …

Classical Mongolian

A Textbook for Students, Scholars, and Everyone Interested in Mongolian

200 p.,
39.90 €
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This English-language textbook is designed for those interested in learning the Classical Mongolian script. Prior knowledge of the modern Mongolian language and the Cyrillic alphabet is not required for enthusiasts wishing to use this book. The textbook offers: a learning …

by Ronald E. Emmerick completed and edited by Mauro Maggi, John S. Sheldon and Nicholas Sims-Williams

A Handbook of Khotanese
360 p., E-book
98.00 €
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Ronald E. Emmerick’s Handbook of Khotanese consists of two parts: an Introduction to Khotanese, and a systematic survey of Khotanese and the closely related Tumshuqese language. His tried and tested Introduction to Khotanese, which has been used by many students …

Zazaki

Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie

392 p., E-book
59.00 €
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Zazaki ist eine am nordwestlichen Rand des kurdischen Sprachgebiets gesprochene nordwestiranische Sprache, die heute von ca. 2 Millionen Sprechern in Südostanatolien als Muttersprache verwendet wird. Es ist eine dem Kurdischen verwandte, aber dennoch eigenständige Sprache. Seit der Eskalation des Konfliktes …

Paradigmen und Perspektiven einer Mediävistischen Komparatistik

Freiburger Colloquium 2021

272 p.,
98.00 €
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The publication presents the results of the interdisciplinary Freiburg Colloquium 2021 (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) "Paradigms and Perspectives of Comparative Medieval Studies". The contributions explore the theoretical and methodological premises of historically orientated comparative research that focuses on the specific …