✍ Scribed by Howard Jones, Martin H. Jones
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An Introduction to Middle High German is a dedicated student edition of The Oxford Guide to Middle High German (Jones & Jones; OUP, 2019) designed for taught courses and self-study. It offers a detailed account of the language and literature of German in the period 1050-1350, including an introductory-level grammar and a wide selection of texts with extensive explanatory material.
Following an initial chapter that defines Middle High German linguistically, geographically, and chronologically, the grammar and lexis chapters offer a self-contained introduction to the language. The user-friendly and accessible grammatical descriptions and explanations will allow entry-level students to gain sufficient knowledge of the language to read and understand a range of Middle High German texts. Chapter 4 comprises thirty textual passages, each placed in context and with extensive explanatory footnotes to facilitate their use in teaching and class discussion. The volume also offers two essential glossaries, the first covering linguistic terms, and the second offering definitions of the Middle High German vocabulary that appears throughout the book.
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An Introduction to Middle High German
Copyright
Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
List of maps and tables
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
About this book
Cross-references
How to use this book
Online appendix
Definition of Middle High German
Two senses of ‘Middle High German’
High German within the Germanic language family
The Middle High German dialects
Classical Middle High German and the ‘Höfische Dichtersprache’
Middle High German—Definingthe period
Sources for the study of Middle High German
Religious literature
Courtly literature
Chronicles
Legal and administrative literature
Medical and other specialist literature
The approach used in this book
Chapter 2 Grammar
Chapter 3 Lexis
Chapter 4 Selection of annotated texts
Glossaries
Further reading
Chapter 2: Grammar
Phonology
Vowels and diphthongs—description and differences from NHG
Vowel length and umlaut
Diphthongs
Stress
Vowels and diphthongs—variation in MHG
Umlaut
Loss of unstressed vowels
Vowels and diphthongs—changes between MHG and NHG
Diphthongization
Lowering of diphthongs
Monophthongization
Vowel lengthening in open syllables
Vowel lengthening in closed syllables
Vowel shortening in closed syllables
Rounding of vowels
Derounding of vowels
Lowering of vowels
Vowel loss
Consonants and semivowels—description and differences from NHG
Final devoicing (also called ‘final fortition’)
Fricative weakening
Assimilation
Other differences between MHG and NHG consonants and semivowels
Addition of consonants since MHG
Changes to semivowels since MHG
Contractions; the negative particle n(e)
Contractions
The negative particle n(e)
Morphology
Inflectional morphology
Nouns
Strong nouns
Weak nouns
Common irregular nouns
Adjectives and adverbs
Strong adjectives
Weak adjectives
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Adverbs derived from adjectives
Pronouns and determiners
Definitions of pronouns and determiners
Personal pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Possessives
Articles
Demonstratives
Other pronouns/determiners
Numbers
Verbs
Paradigms of the strong and weak verb conjugations
Strong verbs
Weak verbs
Preterite-presents
Other irregular verbs
Word formation
Compounding
Derivation
Conversion
Notable MHG affixes
Borrowing
Main categories of loans
Lexical loans
Semantic loans
Syntax
The functions of different grammatical categories; incongruence
Use of verb forms
The ge- prefix
The future
The passive
The subjunctive
The genitive
Negation
Incongruence
Word order
Word order in noun phrases
Position of compound adverbs
Word order in main clauses
Word order in subordinate clauses
Position of separable verb prefixes
Types of clauses
Relative clauses
Ambiguity of der, diu, daz
Use of prepositional adverbs as relatives
A single pronoun serving as antecedent and relative
Other subordinate clauses
Clauses introduced by sw- (swie, swenne, swer, etc.)
Clauses introduced by daz
Clauses introduced by wan/wande
Clauses introduced by alsô, als(e), sô, (al)sam(e)
Clauses introduced by ob(e)
Overview of conjunctions
Subordinate clauses without a conjunction
Sentence organization
Co-ordinationof clauses and phrases
Correlatives
Resumptive constructions
Further reading
Introductions to terms and concepts
Reference grammars
Histories of the German language
Detailed studies
Chapter 3: Lexis
Special vocabulary
Further reading
Dictionaries of Middle High German
Dictionaries
Internet dictionaries
Print dictionaries
Chapter 4: Selection of Annotated Texts
List of selected texts
Introductory passages
Narrative poetry
Lyric poetry
Religious literature
T1: berthold von regensburg: ‘Von den siben planêten’
§1 Introduction
berthold von regensburg: ‘Von den siben planêten’
T2: konrad von würzburg: Der Welt Lohn
§1 Introduction
konrad von würzburg: Der Welt Lohn
T3: Das Nibelungenlied
§1 Introduction
Das Nibelungenlied
T4: hartmann von aue: Erec
§1 Introduction
hartmann von aue: Erec
T5: wolfram von eschenbach: Parzival
§1 Introduction
wolfram von eschenbach: Parzival
T6: gottfried von strassburg: Tristan
§1 Introduction
gottfried von strassburg: Tristan
T7: der stricker
§1 Introduction
t7a: der stricker
t7b: der stricker
T8: wernher der gartenære: Helmbrecht
§1 Introduction
wernher der gartenære: Helmbrecht
T9: ‘Minnesang’
§1 Introduction
T9.I: der von kürenberg
T9.II: dietmar von aist (?)
T9.III: friedrich von hausen
T9.IV: albrecht von johansdorf
T9.V: heinrich von morungen
T9.VI: walther von der vogelweide
Walther: biographical details
Song VI
T9.VII: walther von der vogelweide
T9.VIII: walther von der vogelweide
T9.IX: wolfram von eschenbach
T9.X: neidhart
T10: ‘Spruchdichtung’: walther von der vogelweide
§1 Introduction
T10.I–III: Reichston
T10.IV–VI: Erster Philippston
T11: Das Arnsteiner Mariengebet
§1 Introduction
§2 Linguistic features
Das Arnsteiner Mariengebet
T12: mechthild von magdeburg: Das fließende Licht der Gottheit
§1 Introduction
§2 Linguistic features
mechthild von magdeburg: Das fließende Licht der Gottheit
T13: meister eckhart: ‘Intravit Iesus in quoddam castellum’
§1 Introduction
meister eckhart: ‘Intravit Iesus in quoddam castellum’
T14: christine ebner: Das Büchlein von der genaden uberlast
§1 Introduction
§2 Linguistic features
christine ebner: Das Büchlein von der genaden uberlast
Glossary of linguistic terms
Glossary of vocabulary
Introduction
Order of entries
Noun and adjective declensions
Nouns
Adjectives
Proper nouns
Verb conjugations
Verbs with inseparable and separable prefixes
The Glossary
Appendix
IPA equivalents of symbols used in this book
References
Index
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