names of times of the day

Frans Plank Frans.Plank at UNI-KONSTANZ.DE
Mon Mar 3 12:10:54 UTC 2003


>I would need information on literature regarding the nomenclature for
>times of the day - such as morning, noon, afternoon - in different
>languages. I will summarize. Thank you.
>
>Edith Moravcsik
>
>
Here's a reference, Edith, with further references in it, covering German,
German dialects, Germanic, and where we borrowed from, esp. Romance.
Rather close to home, therefore, but also shows considerable variety, far
more than I would have thought exists.

Wuenschmann, Dietmar (1966).
Die Tageszeiten: Ihre Bezeichnung im Deutschen.
Marburg: Elwert.

Frans



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