[gothic-l] Re: Does anybody know this book?

[Dr. Dirk Faltin <dirk@smra.co.uk>]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "konrad_oddsson 
<konrad_oddsson at y...>" <konrad_oddsson at y...> wrote:
> Háils Dirk!
> 
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001 <dirk at s...>" 
> <dirk at s...> wrote:
> > 
> > Does anybody on this list know the following book:
> > 
> > "Gothic, Germanic, and Nordwest Germanic" by  Joseph B Voyles.
> > 
> > I would be interested to know what it covers and if it is good.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Dirk
> 
> I have neither seen nor heard of this book, but have recently been 
> reading in another book by the same author, Joseph B. Voyles. The 
> book is called "Early Germanic Grammar (Pre-, Proto-, and Post- 
> Germanic Languages)". It was published in 1992 and cover changes 
> from Pre-Germanic Indo-European into Proto- and Post-Germanic, 
> Gothic, Norse, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High 
> German. There is also an appendix where the author sets forth some 
> paradigms for Germanic nouns, adjectives, adverbs, numerals, 
> pronouns and verbs. The book is in my opinion a fine work and 
highly 
> informative. I would be interested in discussing its contents with 
> any other list members who happen to have read it. As regards the 
> title which you mention, I will keep an eye out for it during my 
> next trip to the library. If I find the book, then I will read it 
> and try to post some kind of overview of its contents for you and 
> the other list members. Any references to or descriptions of other 
> interesting titles in this area of research would be appreciated. I 
> am interested in almost anything relating to the oldest periods of 
> Germanic linguistic history. I will look for the Voyles book.
> 
> Regards,
> Konrad.


Many thanks for the information!

best
Dirk



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