The Carthaginian North: Semitic Influence on Early Germanic: A Linguistic and Cultural Study

by Theo Vennemann and Robert Mailhammer

This book presents a new and innovative theory on the origin of the Germanic languages. This theory presents solutions to four pivotal problems in the history of Germanic with critical implications for cultural history: the origin of the Germanic writing system (the Runic alphabet), the genesis of the Germanic strong verbs, the development of the Germanic word order, and etymologies for key elements of the Germanic lexicon. The book proposes that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027204012
• ISBN13: 9789027204011
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 268 Pages