111 research outputs found
From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
No full textThis book describes the earliest reconstructable stages of the prehistory of English, focusing specifically on linguistic structure. It outlines the grammar of Proto-Indo-European, considers the changes by which one dialect of that prehistoric language developed into Proto-Germanic, and provides a detailed account of the grammar of Proto-Germanic. In the course of his exposition Don Ringe draws on a long tradition of work on many languages, including Hittite, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Slavic, Gothic, and Old Norse. This second edition has been significantly revised to provide a more in-depth account of Proto-Indo-European, with further exploration of disputed points; it has also been updated to include new developments in the field, particularly in the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European verb and nominal inflection. The author also reconsiders some of his original approaches to specific linguistic changes and their relative chronology based on his recent research.</p
Der Herr der Ringe: Die Ringe der Macht
No full textDie vorliegende Masterarbeit erforscht Fan-Diskurse der Fantasyserie Der Herr der Ringe: Die Ringe der Macht auf TikTok. Die Ringe der Macht ist die neueste Instanziierung der transmedialen Herr der Ringe Welt, die auf den Büchern von J.R.R. Tolkien basiert. Die Ankündigung und das Erscheinen der Serie haben in der Fan-Community dieser transmedialen Welt sowohl sehr positive als auch sehr negative Reaktionen hervorgerufen, die in Sozialen Medien ausgetauscht wurden. Mithilfe einer quantitativen Kommentaranalyse sowie einer qualitativen Diskursanalyse erforscht diese Arbeit, welche Fan-Diskurse sich auf TikTok formiert haben und wie diese sich im Zeitverlauf der Bewerbung und Ausstrahlung von Die Ringe der Macht entwickelt haben. Grundlage der Analyse sind Kommentare von TikTok Videos des Fan-Experten Don Marshall. Aus den Analysen wird deutlich, dass die Fan-Diskurse von der Transmedialität der Serie und den Videos von Don Marshall als Paratexte beeinflusst werden
Gothic gen.pl. -e
No full textDon Ringe has recently published an article on the Gothic gen. pl. ending -e (2006) which is as peculiar for the author’s self-confidence as it is illustrative of the lack of knowledge in some quarters of the Indo-Europeanist scholarly community
Book Review - Don Ringe. 2021. A historical morphology of English (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language – Advanced). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. xi + 205. ISBN: 9781474459778.
No full textBook Review - Don Ringe. 2021. A historical morphology of English
Perfect Phylogenetic Networks: A New Methodology for Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Natural Languages
No full textIn this article we extend the model of language evolution exemplified in Ringe et al. 2002, which recovers phylogenetic trees optimized according to a criterion of weighted maximum compatibility, to include cases in which languages remain in contact and trade linguistic material as they evolve. We describe our analysis of an Indo-European (IE) dataset (originally assembled by Ringe and Taylor) based on this new model. Our study shows that this new model fits the IE family well and suggests that the early evolution of IE involved only limited contact between distinct lineages. Furthermore, the candidate histories we obtain appear to be consistent with archaeological findings, which suggests that this method may be of practical use. The case at hand provides no opportunity to explore the problem of conflict between network optimization criteria; that problem must be left to future research.* 1. INTRODUCTION. Language
Proto-Indo-European
No full textThis chapter is a grammatical sketch of Proto-Indo-European. It describes the phonology of the language, including the system of surface contrasts; peculiarities of subsystems and individual segments; syllabification of sonorants; ablaut; rules affecting obstruents (including laryngeals); the accent system; and Auslautgesetze. The inflectional morphology is described, including the system of inflectional categories and their formal expression; the complex inflection of the verb (organized around aspect stems and inflected also for mood, voice, the person and number of the subject, and—marginally—tense); and the inflection of the various classes of nominals, with emphasis on the accent and ablaut paradigms of nouns. Short sections on derivational morphology, syntax, and the lexicon are included.</p
Some Consequences of a New Proposal for Subgrouping the IE Family
No full textProceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley
Linguistics Society: Special Session on Indo-European Subgrouping and
Internal Relations (1998
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