A Middle High German primer, with grammar, notes, and glossary

Joseph Wright

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>1053MIDDLE GERMANHIGH
PRIMER
WITH
AND GLOSSARYGRAMMAR, NOTES,
BY
WRIGHTJOSEPH
L1TT.D.M.A., PH.D., D.C.L., LL.D.,
FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY
CORPUS CHRISTI PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
THIRD EDITION
RE-WRITTEN AND ENLARGED
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1917OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK
TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY
HUMPHREY MILFORD
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY
prEXTRACTS FROM THE PREFACES
TO THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS
THE book has been written in the that itpresent hope
thewill serve as an introduction toelementary larger
I haveGerman works on the from whichsubject appro-
whatever seemed for the Inpriated purpose.necessary
the much aid has been derived from Paul'sgrammar
Mittelhochdeutsche secondGrammatik, edition, Halle, 1884,
and Weinhold's Mittelhochdeutsche secondGrammatik,
con-The former besidesedition, Paderborn, 1883. work,
far the most theis alsotaining by complete onlysyntax,
Middle German Grammar which is based on theHigh
state of ... I believe that thepresent Philology.
is farnot distant when students will takeday English
a much more interest in the their own andoflively study
the other Germanic German andlanguages (especially
Old than has hitherto been the case. And if thisNorse)
little book should contribute towardsanything furthering
the it will have fulfilled itscause, amply purpose.
LONDON : 1888.January,
IWHEN wrote the to the first edition ofthispreface primer
in I ventured to that the interest of1888, predict English
students in the would and as timesubject grow develop
went but I that it would so muchon, hardlyexpected grow
that a second edition of the book would be withinrequirediv to the Second EditionPreface
so short a It has been revised andperiod. throughout,
several have been made in the butchanges phonology,
I have not it advisable to alter the andthought general plan
of the former edition. After ofscope many years personal
as a teacher and examiner in the olderexperience periods
of the German I have become convincedlanguage, firmly
that the books on the contain toolarger many^ubject
details for I feel sure that the easiest and bestbeginners.
to a of Middleway acquire thorough knowledge High
German is to start with an book like theelementary present,
and then to learn the details of the thegrammar, especially
of the various from a more advancedphonology dialects,
work.
OXFORD : December, 1898.