A short historical grammar of the German language;

Otto Behaghel, Emil Trechmann

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• German language
• HIStory

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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M9AINSHaCO.
LIMITED
Kf CT TODONTnA SHORT HISTORICAL GRAMMAR
OF THE
GERMAN LANGUAGEMACMILLAN AND LIMITEDCO.,
LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
-NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO
DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO
THE MACMILLAN CO. OP LTD.CANADA,
TORONTOA SHORT HISTORICAL
R AG M M A K
OF THE
GERMAN LANGUAGE
TRANSLATED AND ADAPTED FROM PROFESSOR BEHAGHEL'S
'DEUTSCHE SPRACHE'
BY
EMIL M.A. PH.D.TKECHMANN, (Oxox.)
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
MACMILLAN AND LIMITEDCO.,
ST. MARTIN'S LONDONSTEEET,
1915COPYRIGHT
First Edition October 1891
Reprinted 1899, 1906, 1915PKEFACE
little book is in theTHIS that it be ofpublished hope may
some use to those who are the of theentering upon study
of the German It is ahistory translation,language.
altered and for ofslightly adapted English students,
Dr. Otto book of the same name deutscheBehaghel's (Die
which forms ofone a series of little volumesSprache),
tointended science and in all itspopularise knowledge
Wissen der The author isdepartments (Das Gegenwart).
well known as one of the most researchers in thediligent
field of Old German and Teutonic and literature,philology
and his book is the one hitherto whichonly published
to in small and in formattempts give compass popular
the results of recent studies in that sphere.
The most alterations which the translatorimportant
advisable to make in the elimina-thought consist, firstly,
tion of a herefew and where the authorthere,pages
addresses himself to his German readers on the ofsubject
solecisms and of in a re-purity speech ; secondly, slight
of the in the on thearrangement subject-matter chapter
Inflexions. Additional both German andexamples, English,
have also been introduced where necessary.
The thanks of the translator are due to Dr. H. Hager
valuable infor and forsuggestions, help correcting proofs.