[gothic-l] Re: Gothic

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Esteemed listmembers,
> 
> Recently I was acquainted with a fine encyclopedia,
> that might be of interest to recent members of the list.
> _The Germanic Languages_ (ed. Ekkehard Koenig and
> Johan van der Auwera), Routledge: London, New York,
> 1994.
> 
> There is an introduction of Carol Henriksen and J. van der
> Auwera, from which I take the liberty of providing a quote. The
> section "Gothic and the Reconstruction of Proto-Germanic"
> is written by Winfred P. Lehmann.


> 
> "East Germanic
> 
> The first of the Germanic tribes to migrate from the Danish Isles
> and southern Sweden were the Goths, who presumably
> departed from the Common Germanic area around 100 BC.
> After crossing the Baltic they were joined by the Rugians,
> the Vandals and the Burgundians.. 


Winfred P Lehmann is an American linguist born in 1916. He had used 
this introductory remarks already in an article published by him in 
the 1940s. Like Pritsak, he seemed to have relied mostly on old 
and outdated literature, without noticing that the field had moved on.

cheers,
Dirk




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