Wiener argues that Germanic languages have arisen by a sudden influx of Low Latin and Arabic. He demonstrates that they developed from the Graeco-Latin glossaries through Gothic interpretations, which owe their origin to the Graeco-Arabic learning in Spain.
ISBN: | 9781931956642 |
Publication date: | 1st December 2002 |
Author: | Leo Wiener |
Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 344 pages |
Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology |