I recently realised that the treatment of relative clauses in Jameld was inadequate: not properly described in the grammar, far too much like a relex of...
... In short: in Dutch there were two forms at first: 'het' as a personal pronoun and 'dat' as a demonstrative pronoun. In speach both were weakened to '@t'...
dessen (m/n), deren (f) not entirely sure the good old gentive demonstative pronoun would exactly mean "of that / of which" - wouldn't that sense really...
... In short: in Dutch there were two forms at first: 'het' as a personal pronoun and 'dat' as a demonstrative pronoun. In speach both were weakened to '@t'...
... Agreed! My German is horribly flaky -- I never understood cases properly when I was at school (or rather, they were never properly explained to me). Now I...
... Possibly - I'm far from being an expert - but it sounds a little "bookish" to me. In conversation at least I would expect to hear something more like 'Das...
Hi! ... Yes, undoubtedly. :-) ... It is correct. Since you mark it with '*', is 'whose' not correct in the English sentence? Also 'deren' for f.sg. and...
Henrik Theiling
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Feb 14, 2007 1:37 pm
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... In 'Karel ende Elegast' (anonymous, 1486-1488) the original full forms are still used: "Dit verhoorde _die_ coninc Het docht hem een vreemde dinc. Want hi...
Bernard van Dulmen Krumpelman eskrë: (Snip helpful examples) ... Although the examples above could be exceptions, my guess is that the change from 'dat' to...
... The main difference between German en Dutch is, that in (proper) Dutch people often leave the last 'n' silent, not only with articles, but also plurals and...
... The main difference between German en Dutch is, that in (proper) Dutch people often leave the last 'n' silent, not only with articles, but also plurals and...
... . Yes, undoubtedly. :-) << Although not for the child, of course. ... . It is correct. . Since you mark it with '*', is 'whose' not correct in the English ...
... Right, I think I've got it worked out now... In Jameld, there is a distinction between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses. A restrictive (or...
I have been thinking lately about how 'historical conlangers' go about their work, and am thinking of eventually turning the thoughts into some kind of essay....
Hallo everybody, I began a West Germanic conlang many years ago. At the beginning it looked almost like High German without the second Germanic consonant ...
You could try the Germanic Lexicon Project at http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/ - theres a few useful bits and pieces there, including the "Wörterbuch der ...
No participating in the High German consonant shift, doesn't necessarily mean that the language must be strictly Ingvaeonic/North Sea Germanic. Take a look at...
Hi, ... 'Stad-steden' (city-cities) is the only exception I can think of. As for plural forms in general; in Dutch only the original weak declension has...
Thanks for your answers! I think I have to take a more careful look at the PGmc. nominal stems. I've seen some grammars of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Low ...
If linguists *there* used the term "Germanic" for a group of northern Romance languages and dialects (aproximately covering the areas of *our* Hochdeutsch and...
... northern Romance languages and dialects (aproximately covering the areas of *our* Hochdeutsch and Mitteldeutsch), does anyone have any thoughts on what...
Because in *that* place, "Germanic" is a branch of the Romance language family tree (developed in a Roman Germania), and nothing to do with the language family...
Teutonic??? From the same root as DE Deutsch and NL Duits and Scandy Tysk and Italian tedesco. From the PG *theudh- root meaning "people". I assume you are...
... Well, I'm playing around with the language rather than the history, but you are spot on with the general "what if" premise - Romans cross the Rhine and ...
I think I'd vote for Teutonic as well (although how this would affect Jameld "Germanits" for Germanic and "Déttsaz" for German is another matter :-) Jameld,...
If in your alternate time-line, the Western Roman Empire suffers a similar fate as in ours, and breaks up accompanied by/caused by barbarian invasions, then...
I would also consider "Ingvaeonic". Why? Because only the the Southern /High German and Gothic germanic languages are not subject to the characteristic...
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