Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of <i>Germance</i>

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi

doi:doi:10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

| Peer-Reviewed

Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 9, Issue 1)

Received: 30 November 2020 Accepted: 20 January 2021 Published: 28 January 2021

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

This paper puts forward a new division of the history of Germanic languages, taking into account the existence of three different historical periods (prehistoric, proto-historic, and literary) in the development from Common Germanic or Proto-Germanic to modern Germanic languages, analogously to the development of Romance or Romanic languages from Vulgar Latin (also called Proto-Romanic or Proto-Romance), in which three stages can be retraced: Vulgar Latin (prehistoric), Romance (proto-historic) and literary (historical). So far, only two stages have been considered in the linguistic history of Germanic languages, namely, the Common Germanic (not documented) and the literary Germanic languages (documented since the Middle Ages). Nevertheless, the history of both families of languages is similar in most aspects, so that the three aforementioned periods can be clearly recognized in both: a period of considerable linguistic unity, although poorly or not at all documented; a period of dissolution of this unity and fragmentation into several dialects not mutually intercomprehensible; and a period of full and intense literary production and official recognition of some of these dialects, now raised to the condition of culture languages. Due to this new historiographical division, the denomination Germance is proposed for the second of the three evolutionary stages of Germanic.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
Page(s)	1-5
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Vulgar Latin, Romance, Romance Languages, Common Germanic, Proto-Germanic, Germanic Languages, Historical Linguistics, Germance

References

[1]	Buchi, E. and Schweickard, W., “Romanistique et étymologie du fonds lexical héréditaire: du REW au DÉRom (Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman)”, in Alén Garabato, C. et al. (ed.) La Romanistique dans Tous ses États. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009, p. 101.
[2]	Meillet, A., Caractères Généraux des Langues Germaniques. Paris: Les Cent Chemins, 2017.
[3]	Karsten, T. E. and Paul, H., Die Germanen: Eine Einführung in die Geschichte ihrer Sprache und Kultur. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.
[4]	Streitberg, W., Urgermanische Grammatik. Einführung in das Vergleichende Studium der Altgermanischen Dialekte. München: Hanse, 2016.
[5]	Krahe, H., Lingüística Germánica. Translated by Maria Teresa Zurdo. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra, 2007.
[6]	Pisani, V., Introduzione alla Linguistica Indeuropea. Turin: Rosenberg & Sellier, 1983.
[7]	Coseriu, E., Teoria da Linguagem e Lingüística Geral. Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo: Presença/EDUSP, 1979.
[8]	Herman, J., Vulgar Latin. Translated by Roger Wright. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, pp. 96–115.
[9]	Zhang, H., From Latin to the Romance languages: A normal evolution to what extent? Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies, 3 (4): 2015, pp. 105–111.
[10]	Herman, J., Vulgar Latin. Penn State Press, 2010, p. 117.
[11]	Harris, M. and Vincent, N., Romance Languages. London: Routledge, 2001.
[12]	Price, G., The French Language: Past and Present. London: Grant and Cutler, 1984.
[13]	Ilari, R., Lingüística Românica. São Paulo: Ática, 1997, p. 50.
[14]	Baugh, A. C. and Cable, T., A History of the English Language. 6^th ed. London: Routledge, 2013.
[15]	Scherer, W., Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1995.
[16]	Falk, H. and Torp, A., Etymologisk Ordbog over det Norske og det Danske Sprog, Vol. 1. Oslo: Bjørn Ringstrøms Antikvariat, 1991.
[17]	Duden, Das Herkunft Wörterbuch: Etymologie der Deutschen Sprache. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 2007, pp. 286–297.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi. (2021). Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 9(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi. Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2021, 9(1), 1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi. Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance. Int J Lang Linguist. 2021;9(1):1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11,
  author = {Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi},
  title = {Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance},
  journal = {International Journal of Language and Linguistics},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1-5},
  doi = {10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ijll.20210901.11},
  abstract = {This paper puts forward a new division of the history of Germanic languages, taking into account the existence of three different historical periods (prehistoric, proto-historic, and literary) in the development from Common Germanic or Proto-Germanic to modern Germanic languages, analogously to the development of Romance or Romanic languages from Vulgar Latin (also called Proto-Romanic or Proto-Romance), in which three stages can be retraced: Vulgar Latin (prehistoric), Romance (proto-historic) and literary (historical). So far, only two stages have been considered in the linguistic history of Germanic languages, namely, the Common Germanic (not documented) and the literary Germanic languages (documented since the Middle Ages). Nevertheless, the history of both families of languages is similar in most aspects, so that the three aforementioned periods can be clearly recognized in both: a period of considerable linguistic unity, although poorly or not at all documented; a period of dissolution of this unity and fragmentation into several dialects not mutually intercomprehensible; and a period of full and intense literary production and official recognition of some of these dialects, now raised to the condition of culture languages. Due to this new historiographical division, the denomination Germance is proposed for the second of the three evolutionary stages of Germanic.},
 year = {2021}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance
AU  - Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi
Y1  - 2021/01/28
PY  - 2021
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
DO  - 10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
T2  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JF  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JO  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2330-0221
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
AB  - This paper puts forward a new division of the history of Germanic languages, taking into account the existence of three different historical periods (prehistoric, proto-historic, and literary) in the development from Common Germanic or Proto-Germanic to modern Germanic languages, analogously to the development of Romance or Romanic languages from Vulgar Latin (also called Proto-Romanic or Proto-Romance), in which three stages can be retraced: Vulgar Latin (prehistoric), Romance (proto-historic) and literary (historical). So far, only two stages have been considered in the linguistic history of Germanic languages, namely, the Common Germanic (not documented) and the literary Germanic languages (documented since the Middle Ages). Nevertheless, the history of both families of languages is similar in most aspects, so that the three aforementioned periods can be clearly recognized in both: a period of considerable linguistic unity, although poorly or not at all documented; a period of dissolution of this unity and fragmentation into several dialects not mutually intercomprehensible; and a period of full and intense literary production and official recognition of some of these dialects, now raised to the condition of culture languages. Due to this new historiographical division, the denomination Germance is proposed for the second of the three evolutionary stages of Germanic.
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi

Center for the Research in Etymology and History of the Portuguese Language, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi. (2021). Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 9(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi. Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2021, 9(1), 1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi. Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance. Int J Lang Linguist. 2021;9(1):1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11,
  author = {Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi},
  title = {Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance},
  journal = {International Journal of Language and Linguistics},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1-5},
  doi = {10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ijll.20210901.11},
  abstract = {This paper puts forward a new division of the history of Germanic languages, taking into account the existence of three different historical periods (prehistoric, proto-historic, and literary) in the development from Common Germanic or Proto-Germanic to modern Germanic languages, analogously to the development of Romance or Romanic languages from Vulgar Latin (also called Proto-Romanic or Proto-Romance), in which three stages can be retraced: Vulgar Latin (prehistoric), Romance (proto-historic) and literary (historical). So far, only two stages have been considered in the linguistic history of Germanic languages, namely, the Common Germanic (not documented) and the literary Germanic languages (documented since the Middle Ages). Nevertheless, the history of both families of languages is similar in most aspects, so that the three aforementioned periods can be clearly recognized in both: a period of considerable linguistic unity, although poorly or not at all documented; a period of dissolution of this unity and fragmentation into several dialects not mutually intercomprehensible; and a period of full and intense literary production and official recognition of some of these dialects, now raised to the condition of culture languages. Due to this new historiographical division, the denomination Germance is proposed for the second of the three evolutionary stages of Germanic.},
 year = {2021}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Revising the History of Germanic Languages: The Concept of Germance
AU  - Aldo Luiz Bizzocchi
Y1  - 2021/01/28
PY  - 2021
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
DO  - 10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
T2  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JF  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JO  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2330-0221
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20210901.11
AB  - This paper puts forward a new division of the history of Germanic languages, taking into account the existence of three different historical periods (prehistoric, proto-historic, and literary) in the development from Common Germanic or Proto-Germanic to modern Germanic languages, analogously to the development of Romance or Romanic languages from Vulgar Latin (also called Proto-Romanic or Proto-Romance), in which three stages can be retraced: Vulgar Latin (prehistoric), Romance (proto-historic) and literary (historical). So far, only two stages have been considered in the linguistic history of Germanic languages, namely, the Common Germanic (not documented) and the literary Germanic languages (documented since the Middle Ages). Nevertheless, the history of both families of languages is similar in most aspects, so that the three aforementioned periods can be clearly recognized in both: a period of considerable linguistic unity, although poorly or not at all documented; a period of dissolution of this unity and fragmentation into several dialects not mutually intercomprehensible; and a period of full and intense literary production and official recognition of some of these dialects, now raised to the condition of culture languages. Due to this new historiographical division, the denomination Germance is proposed for the second of the three evolutionary stages of Germanic.
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
ER  -

Copy | Download