Bøger af Werner Besch

This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an overview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the series aims for a standard comparable to that of the leading handbooks in other disciplines, and to this end strives for comprehensiveness, theoretical explicitness, reliable documentation of data and findings, and up-to-date methodology. The editors, both of the series and of the individual volumes, and the individual contributors, are committed to this aim. The language of publication is English. The main aim of the series is to provide an appropriate account of the state of the art in the various areas of linguistics and communication science covered by each of the various handbooks; however no inflexible pre-set limits will is imposed on the scope of each volume. The series is open-ended, and can thus take account of further developments in the field. This conception, coupled with the necessity of allowing adequate time for each volume to be prepared with the necessary care, means that there is no set time-table for the publication of the whole series. Each volume is a self-contained work, complete in itself. The order in which the handbooks are published does not imply any rank ordering, but is determined by the way in which the series is organized; the editors of the whole series enlist a competent editor for each individual volume. Once the principal editor for a volume has been found, he or she then has a completely free hand in the choice of co-editors and contributors. The editors plan each volume independently of the others, being governed only by general formal principles. The series editors only intervene where questions of delineation between individual volumes are concerned. It is felt that this (modus operandi) is best suited to achieving the objectives of the series, namely to give a competent account of the present state of knowledge and of the perception of the problems in the area covered by each volume. To discuss your handbook idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

This second edition of the handbook Sprachgeschichte (History of Language) is an extended revision of the first edition, which was published in 1984 and 1985. The second edition correlates with the first while adding an expanded dimension to its scope. Continuity with the first edition is reflected in the linguistic-theoretical and methodical orientation, the basis of the arrangement of contents, and the order of chapters. The second edition of Sprachgeschichte emphasizes: the genealogy and the typology of German language, including all its varieties; German language as an European language and the aspects of a European language history; tendencies in changes of the German language since the middle of the twentieth century; the distinction between pragmatic and sociological aspects of language history on the one hand and structural aspects on the other; the role of regional language history; the establishment of a literary language history; the formation of German language borders, which allows a complete mapping of German language borders dating to the times of Old High German.

Die zweite Auflage des Handbuchs Sprachgeschichte bezieht die seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre erschienene Literatur zur Sprachgeschichte des Deutschen sowie zur Theorie und Methode der Sprachgeschichtsschreibung ein. Die Konzeption des Handbuchs wurde z. T. neu gewichtet; beispielhaft seien genannt die neu hinzugekommenen Kapitel Aspekte einer europäischen Sprachgeschichte und Regionalgeschichte. Ausgeweitet wurde das Kapitel Die genealogische und typologische Einordnung des Deutschen.

This second edition of the handbook Sprachgeschichte (History of Language) is an extended revision of the first edition, which was published in 1984 and 1985. The second edition correlates with the first while adding an expanded dimension to its scope. Continuity with the first edition is reflected in the linguistic-theoretical and methodical orientation, the basis of the arrangement of contents, and the order of chapters. The second edition of Sprachgeschichte emphasizes: the genealogy and the typology of German language, including all its varieties; German language as an European language and the aspects of a European language history; tendencies in changes of the German language since the middle of the twentieth century; the distinction between pragmatic and sociological aspects of language history on the one hand and structural aspects on the other; the role of regional language history; the establishment of a literary language history; the formation of German language borders, which allows a complete mapping of German language borders dating to the times of Old High German.