Lat. scrībere in Germanic
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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The present article deals with the reflexes of Lat. scrībere in Germanic. It is
proposed that the word was borrowed into Germanic at quite an early stage
(1st century AD) as a result of contacts between West-Germanic-speaking
populations and the Romans. Special stress is put on the importance of the
Roman military in introducing the practice of writing among those that
served in the army. Special attention is given to the North Germanic reflexes
of Lat. scrībere in order to tentatively explain the morphological difference
found in that branch of Germanic, where the verb is found both in the first
class of strong verbs and in the second class of weak verbs. It is proposed
that the former conjugation is primary, and that the rise of the latter is due
to later developments such as lexical analogical processes and language-
external causes. Furthermore, the present study confirms from a different
perspective that English influence on writing is primary in the Old-West-
Norse-speaking area. Finally, Schulte’s (2015) proposal is re-read in the light
of terminological evidence from England and Scandinavia.
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Íslenska, Germanic comparative linguistics, Germönsk samanburðarmálfræði, Literacy, Samanburðarmálfræði
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Tarsi, M. (2019). Lat. scrībere in Germanic. NOWELE. North-Western European Language Evolution, 72(1), 42-59. doi:https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.00019.tar