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German Colour Terms: A study in their historical evolution from earliest times to the present

William Jervis Jones

This monograph provides, for the first time, a comprehensive historical analysis of German colour words from early beginnings to the present, based on data obtained from over one thousand texts.Part 1 reviews previous work in colour linguistics. Part 2 describes and documents the formation of… read more
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 119] 2013. xiv, 663 pp.
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Swiss German Intonation Patterns

Adrian Leemann

Switzerland is renowned for having a diverse linguistic and dialectal landscape in a comparatively small and confined space. Possibly, this is one of the reasons why Swiss German dialects have been investigated thoroughly on various linguistic levels. Nevertheless, natural speech intonation has,… read more
[Studies in Language Variation, 10] 2012. xv, 331 pp.
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Consonant Strength in Upper German Dialects

Kurt Gustav Goblirsch

The present study examines the problem of fortis and lenis in approximately 150 dialects of southern Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Alsace, and the German-speaking minorities in Italy, Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The Upper German dialects are of particular… read more
[NOWELE Supplement Series, 10] 1994. vi, 127 pp.
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