Foundations of Old Prussian

Titel: Foundations of Old Prussian : philology and linguistics / Pietro U. Dini
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Veröffentlicht: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Umfang: xvi, 403 Seiten : Illustrationen
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies in Slavic, Baltic, and Eastern European languages and cultures
Schlagworte:
Andere Ausgaben: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe
ISBN: 9781666901900 ; 9781666901917

The Old Prussian language has always puzzled linguists. While other Baltic languages, such as Lithuanian and Latvian, have remained in use to the present day, Old Prussian was extinguished at the beginning of eighteenth century, and the extant Old Prussian linguistic corpus is quite limited in scope. Drawing on two bilingual vocabularies and three Lutheran Catechisms (as well as onomastic evidence and several other minor texts), this work critically explores the linguistic and historiographical contours of Old Prussian.