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Il fascino dei libri antichi [Braune W. (1943). Abriss der altohochdeutschen Grammatik mit Berücksichtigung des Altsächischen (7. Ed.). Halle: Max Niemeyer Verlag.] . . . . . . . #althochdeutsch #braune #oldbooks #libriantichi #filologiagermanica #germanicphilology #germanistik #oldhighgerman #altotedescoantico #altotedesco #grammatik #altesprachen #mediävistik #indogermanistik https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqWO2ThMkA/?igshid=zge6e0pylqst

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“wow you’re so good at languages they must be so easy for you to learn” first of all i stayed up all night crying over an irregular verb

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The more you procrastinate the longer it will take you to get fluent in your target language.

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[…] the vernacular language is by its very nature more physical, more iconic than the “cultivated” language. […]

Antoine Berman, Translation and the Trials of the Foreign. (Translated by Lawrence Venuti)

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read amongst nature

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Super combo : Nietzsche and languages in the same quote

“He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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[...]Far from being a marginal activity, translation has played a central role in shaping literature. Choosing to remember only certain works by eminent writers while overlooking the importance of their traslation activity skews the picture of their achievement and is historical distortion. If we were to rewrite literary history from the perspective of significance of translation in a literary system, rather than from the standard perspective of national cultural roots, then we would see a very different picture from the familiar one we have all been taught to accept. [...]

Susan Bassnet, The Translator as a Writer

#langblr #language #languages #polyglot #langblog #polyglotlife #langbrl #learning #linguistics #english #languagecourse #translation #langbr #languagelearning #quotation #quotes #motivation #tongueblr #susanbassnet #bassnet #translationstudies #abus

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[...] the vernacular language is by its very nature more physical, more iconic than the "cultivated" language. [...]

Antoine Berman, Translation and the Trials of the Foreign. (Translated by Lawrence Venuti)

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Some German Contranyms

I haven’t done a German post in quite a while so here we go. Contranyms, Auto-Antonyms, or Janus Words (German uses Januswort) are words which are their own opposite. Still confused? Well peruse the list below and you’ll understand!

abdecken - either to cover something, or to remove a cover from something.

anhalten - either to stop, or to continue.

ausbauen - either to expand something, or to deconstruct/remove it.

gewiss - either certain/definite, or uncertain/indefinite.

grundsätzlich - either without exception, or in general (with exceptions).

die Platzangst - either agoraphobia, or claustrophobia [coll.].

sanktionieren - either to give approval for, or to enact a penalty upon.

übersehen - either to oversee something, or to overlook something.

umfahren - either to drive over something, or to drive around something.

“passen wie die Faust aufs Auge” - either something is very well fitting/matching, or terribly fitting/matching.

Enjoy!

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For @historyandlanguages

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Let’s get down to brass tacks, guys.

#meme #memes #language #langblog #langblr #langbr #polyglot #polyglotlife #linguisticmeme #abus

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Russian person: *points at an owl* сова

French person: *abruptly turns around* Très bien, merci

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Reblog if you want Icelandic on Duolingo!

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Familienstammbäume und Erbe = Alberi genealogici ed eredità

That's my first vocab list, hope you enjoy. (Every sort of feedback will be most welcome)

Der Ahn(e)/die Ahnin oder der Vorfahr/die Vorfahrin = l'antenato/l'antenata

Der/die Ahnenforscher/in = esperto di genealogia

Der Stamm = il tronco, la radice (gr.),

Der Stammbaum/Familienstammbaum = l'albero genealogico

Der/die Verwandte = il parente, la parente

Die Verwandtschaft = la parentela

Die Eltern = i genitori

Die Kinder = i figli/i bambini

Die Großeltern = i nonni

Die Großmutter = la nonna

Der Großvater = il nonno

Die Urgroßeltern = i bisnonni

Der/die Nachkomme = il/la discendente

Die Herkunft = l'origine

Eine aldige Familie = una famiglia nobile

Die Urkunde (über Geburt, Hochzeit oder Sterbefall) = l'atto (di nascita, di matrimonio o di decesso)

Der Urenkel = pronipote

Das Testament

Das Erbe = l'eredità

Der einzige Erbe = l'unico erede

Die Familiengeschichte = la storia familiare

Stammen aus = essere originario di (una famiglia, un luogo, un paese)

Abstammen aus = discendere da (un antenato, un parente)

Verwandt sein mit jmd = essere imparentato con qlc.

Eine Verwandtschaft (durch eine Urkunde) beweisen = provare un parentela (con un doocumento)

Ein Erbe annehmen = accettare un'eredità

Hinterlassen = lasciare (in eredità)

Ich stamme aus einer aldigen Familie = discendo/ sono orginario di una famiglia nobile

Er will Herausfinden, woher seine Familie stammt = Vuole scoprire da dove ha origine la sua famiglia.

In eigenem Testament beschließen, dass... = decidere nel proprio testamento, che...

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This is breathtakingly spectacular