An Introduction to the Gothic Language
by Lambdin, Thomas O.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
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Summary
The present work is designed to provide a carefully graded introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Gothic language. The material is presented in a way that I have found very effective in my teaching of other languages over the years, with enough examples and exercise material to lead the student to a rapid and intelligent reading of the extant texts. In addition to this purely practical goal, I have also tried to clarify, to the extent possible, the aspectual nature of the Gothic verb, a subject somewhat neglected in the textbooks currently available in English. . . . Because the study of Gothic is usually undertaken by students of Germanic or Indo-European philology, I have included a discussion of the historical phonology and morphology in a supplementary series of lessons whose contents parallel that of the corresponding lessons in the Grammar. . . . The texts given include all extant portions of the four gospels together with the extant portions of Romans and First Timothy. The Gospel According to Luke has been fully glossed at the foot of each page to spare the student the loss of time in looking up words . . . . The end Glossary contains the complete vocabulary of the Gothic Bible with the exception of proper names and a few transliterated Greek words. --from the Preface
Author Biography
Thomas O. Lambdin is Professor emeritus at Harvard University
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. iii |
| Abbreviations and Conventions | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| The Goths | p. ix |
| Sources of the Gothic Language | p. ix |
| The Germanic Languages | p. x |
| The Gothic Alphabet | p. xi |
| The Sounds of Gothic | p. xii |
| The Consonants | p. xii |
| The Vowels | p. xiii |
| Spelling Variations | p. xiv |
| Assimilations | p. xv |
| Grammar Lessons | |
| Nouns: number, case, gender, declension | p. 1 |
| Strong masculine nouns of the type dags (day) | p. 1 |
| The demonstrative adjective sa (masculine) | p. 2 |
| Prepositions (in, du, fram, ana, us) | p. 3 |
| Adverbial predication | p. 3 |
| Neuter nouns of the type waurd (word) | p. 5 |
| The neuter inflection of the demonstrative adjective sa | p. 5 |
| Predicate adjectives | p. 5 |
| Further remarks on the Devoicing Rule | p. 6 |
| Negation | p. 6 |
| Cardinal numbers | p. 6 |
| Gup | p. 6 |
| Strong feminine nouns of the type giba (gift) | p. 8 |
| The feminine predicate adjective | p. 8 |
| The feminine forms of the demonstrative adjective sa | p. 8 |
| J-stem nouns | p. 8 |
| J-stem adjectives (predicate forms) | p. 9 |
| Syntactic notes | p. 9 |
| Attributive adjectives: strong inflection | p. 11 |
| Uses of the strong inflection | p. 11 |
| Pronominal possession in the third person | p. 13 |
| Types of verbs | p. 15 |
| Verbs: inflectional categories | p. 15 |
| Aspect | p. 15 |
| Weak verbs: class I (nasjan, sokjan) | p. 17 |
| Subject pronouns | p. 17 |
| The verb mag- (to be able, can) | p. 18 |
| Weak nouns | p. 20 |
| Weak verbs, class I, with preterites in -t- | p. 20 |
| The interrogative pronouns hwas, hwa, hwo | p. 21 |
| Wisan and ist | p. 21 |
| Some uses of the dative | p. 21 |
| I-stem nouns | p. 25 |
| The five nouns of relationship (r-stem nouns) | p. 25 |
| Third person pronouns | p. 25 |
| Some verb forms (maht-, iddj-, present indicative of strong verbs) | p. 25 |
| The weak inflection of adjectives | p. 29 |
| The uses of the weak inflection of adjectives | p. 29 |
| The active participle | p. 30 |
| all- (all): pronoun and adjective | p. 32 |
| U-stem nouns | p. 35 |
| The numbers ain- (one), twai (two), preis (three) | p. 35 |
| sums (some): adjective and pronoun | p. 36 |
| The past (passive) participle | p. 36 |
| Substantivized participles | p. 37 |
| Final remarks on sa | p. 38 |
| Weak verbs, Class 3 (haban) | p. 40 |
| The remaining nominal inflections (consonantal inflections) | p. 40 |
| Verbal nouns | p. 41 |
| Verbal prefixes; at- | p. 41 |
| The personal pronouns of the first and second person | p. 42 |
| Relative pronouns and relative clauses | p. 45 |
| Sama (same) and silba (self) | p. 45 |
| The verb wiljan (want, will, wish) | p. 46 |
| The present (active) participle used as a predicate | p. 47 |
| Reflexive verbs | p. 47 |
| Loanwords and proper names from the Greek | p. 47 |
| Strong verbs: classes 4 and 5 (niman, bairan; giban, qipan, saihwan) | p. 51 |
| The verbal prefixes fra- and us- | p. 52 |
| More on relative pronouns and relative clauses | p. 53 |
| The conjunctions jah, ip, pan, -uh pan, panuh, paruh, nu | p. 57 |
| More on the verbal prefix ga- | p. 61 |
| Strong verbs: class I (beidan, -teihan) | p. 65 |
| Coordinating conjunctions (continued from 13.1) | p. 65 |
| The preterite-present verb skal | p. 68 |
| The verbal prefix af- | p. 68 |
| Strong verbs: class 2 (driusan, tiuhan) | p. 72 |
| The subjunctive (also called the optative) | p. 72 |
| The enclitic coordinating conjunction -uh | p. 75 |
| Tmesis | p. 76 |
| The verbal prefix uf- | p. 77 |
| The subjunctive in purpose clauses | p. 81 |
| Nominal clauses with patei, ei, and pei | p. 81 |
| The preterite-present verbs witan, kunnan, munan, and gamunan | p. 83 |
| The verbal prefixes and- and und- | p. 84 |
| Strong verbs: class 3 (bindan, siggwan, filhan, wairpan) | p. 87 |
| i-stem adjectives | p. 87 |
| Indefinite pronouns and adjectives (I) | p. 88 |
| The verbal prefix bi- | p. 89 |
| Strong verbs: Class 6 (faran, frapjan, standan) | p. 93 |
| The dative absolute | p. 93 |
| Temporal clauses | p. 94 |
| The demonstrative pronoun sah, patuh, sohl | p. 95 |
| Causative verbs in -jan | p. 96 |
| Weak verbs: Class 2 (salbon) | p. 99 |
| Conditional sentences | p. 100 |
| The dual | p. 101 |
| The verbal prefix mip- | p. 102 |
| Final remarks on relative constructions: ei, pei, izei, and sei | p. 102 |
| Preterite-Present verbs (*paurban, gadaursan, *ogan, *aigan) | p. 107 |
| u-stem adjectives | p. 108 |
| The comparative and superlative of adjectives | p. 108 |
| The syntax of the comparative adjective | p. 109 |
| The verbal prefixes ana- and in(n)- | p. 110 |
| Direct questions | p. 111 |
| Strong verbs: Class 7 (falpan, gretan) | p. 115 |
| Indirect questions | p. 115 |
| Interrogative and indefinite pronouns and adjectives (II) | p. 116 |
| Noun formation (I) | p. 118 |
| The passive | p. 122 |
| Indefinite pronouns and adjectives (III) | p. 123 |
| Noun formation (II) | p. 124 |
| Adjective formation | p. 125 |
| Weak verbs: Class 4 (fullnan) | p. 130 |
| Adverb formation | p. 131 |
| The partitive genitive | p. 132 |
| Final remarks on the subjunctive | p. 133 |
| Final remarks on the infinitive | p. 134 |
| Final remarks on absolutes | p. 135 |
| Final remarks on the numbers | p. 136 |
| Texts | |
| Aiwaggeljo pairh Lukan anastodeip (The Gospel according to Luke) | p. 141 |
| Aiwaggeljo pairh Marku anastodeip (The Gospel according to Mark) | p. 167 |
| The Gospel according to Matthew | p. 182 |
| The Gospel according to John | p. 189 |
| The Epistle of Paul to the Romans | p. 202 |
| Du Teimaupaiau .a. dustodeip (The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy) | p. 218 |
| Historical Grammar: Introduction | |
| The phonological system of Proto-Indo-European | |
| The consonants | p. 227 |
| The vowels | p. 228 |
| Word formation | p. 228 |
| Ablaut (apophony) | p. 228 |
| The laryngeals | p. 229 |
| From Late PIE to Proto-Germanic | p. 230 |
| From Late PG to Gothic | p. 231 |
| The Gothic development of IE plain voiceless stops and *s | p. 232 |
| The Gothic development of the IE plain voiced stops | p. 233 |
| The development of the IE long vowels and diphthongs in PG and Gothic | p. 234 |
| The development of the IE short vowels and short syllabic resonants in syllables ending up stressed in Gothic | p. 235 |
| Historical Grammar: Lessons I-23 (correlated with the Grammar Lessons) | p. 236 |
| Glossary | p. 318 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 357 |
| Index of Etymologies | p. 358 |
| Grammatical Index | p. 360 |
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