An introduction to Wernher der Gartenaere 'Helmbrecht', and a close reading of lines 1-106 with comments on time, space, structure, and language of the Middle High German text.

Part of a lecture series in German Historical Linguistics for students of German at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford. For Oxford students, further information and literature are available on Canvas under FHS German, Paper IV. Other lectures of the series in the playlist [ Ссылка ]

Set Texts: Time, Space, Structure, Language (Henrike Lähnemann)
1. Middle High German: Wernher der Gartenaere ‚Helmbrecht‘
2. Early New High German: Martin Luther ‚Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen‘

Cross-Period Topics: Linguistic Analysis of Speech
3. Forms of Address: Wickram ‚Rollwagenbüchlein‘ (Dr Malena Ratzke)
4. Language of Totalitarianism: Hitler and Trump (Prof. Henk de Berg)

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