Università Roma Tre

The course retraces some of the topics dealt with in Germanic Philology 1, analysing in greater depth the evolution from Indo-European to Old English at a phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical level, taking into account also other Germanic languages.

Hogg, R. M., A Grammar of Old English (Volume 1: Phonology; Volume 2: Morphology), Wiley-Blacwell, Oxford UK- Cambridge (MA) USA, 1992-2011
Lass, R., Old English - A historical linguistic companion, Cambridge Univesity Press, Cambridge, 1994
Ringe, D., A Linguistic History of English, Volume 1: From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press, 2006
Saibene, M.G. - Buzzoni, M., Manuale di linguistica germanica, Cisalpino, Milano 2006
Hand-outs by the lecturer

P.S. The texts are available for reference in the faculty library