Language level

The language level , sometimes also called the language period , refers to larger developmental phases of a language , which are characterized by more or less uniform features and developments.

Examples:

German

Old High German (750-1050)

Middle High German (1050-1350)

Early Middle High German (1050–1170)
Classical Middle High German (1170-1250)
Late Middle High German (1250-1350)

New High German (since approx. 1350)
Early New High German (1350–1650)

or

Old High German (750-1050)

Middle High German (1050–1500)

Early Middle High German (1050–1170)
Classical Middle High German (1170-1350)
Late Middle High German (1350–1500)

New High German (since approx. 1500)
Early New High German (1500–1650)

English

Old English or Anglo-Saxon (approx. 500–1100)
- Early English (approx. 500–850)
- Late Old English (850–1100)
Middle English (1100–1500)
- Early Middle English (1100–1200)
- classic Middle English (1200–1400)
- Late Middle English (1400–1500)
New English (since approx. 1500)
- Early New English (1500–1700)
- Spätneuenglisch ( Late Modern English , 1700-1900)
- Today's English ( Present-Day English , from 1900)

Irish

Archaic Irish (approx. 300–600)
Old Irish (600–900)
Central Irish (900-1200)
Early Neo-Irish (Classical Irish) (1200–1600)
New Irish (since 1600)

The figures for these periodizations are partly a matter of discretion. Mostly, however, they represent the beginning or the end of far-reaching language developments . For example, different sources sometimes contain different information on individual languages .

Web links

Wiktionary: Language level - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Language period - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

supporting documents

↑ Handbooks for Linguistics and Communication Science / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science / Manuels de linguistique et des sciences de communication. Volume 2.2, 2nd edition. Edited by Armin Burkhardt, Hugo Steger and Herbert Ernst Wiegand, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 1385f.
^ Helmut de Boor and Roswitha Wisniewski: Middle High German Grammar. Walter de Gruyter, 1998, p. 25.
↑ Hilke Elsen: Basic features of the morphology of German. 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter, 2014, o. S. (e-book, see under Fnhd. , Mhd. And Nhd. In the list of abbreviations).
↑ M. O'C. Walshe: A Concise German Etymological Dictionary , 1951, p. Vii: “ From 1050 onwards the language found is referred to as Middle High German (MHG). This may be said to extend till about 1500, but after 1350 or so it is usually qualified as Late MGH. "
↑ Manfred Görlach: Introduction to Early New English . 2nd Edition. Winter, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-494-02043-4 , pp. 8-9 .
^ Klaus Faiß: English language history . Francke, Tübingen 1989, ISBN 3-7720-1757-6 , p. 1 .

[1] Handbooks for Linguistics and Communication Science / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science / Manuels de linguistique et des sciences de communication. Volume 2.2, 2nd edition. Edited by Armin Burkhardt, Hugo Steger and Herbert Ernst Wiegand, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 1385f.

[2] Helmut de Boor and Roswitha Wisniewski: Middle High German Grammar. Walter de Gruyter, 1998, p. 25.

[3] Hilke Elsen: Basic features of the morphology of German. 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter, 2014, o. S. (e-book, see under Fnhd. , Mhd. And Nhd. In the list of abbreviations).

[4] M. O'C. Walshe: A Concise German Etymological Dictionary , 1951, p. Vii: “ From 1050 onwards the language found is referred to as Middle High German (MHG). This may be said to extend till about 1500, but after 1350 or so it is usually qualified as Late MGH. "

[5] Manfred Görlach: Introduction to Early New English . 2nd Edition. Winter, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-494-02043-4 , pp. 8-9 .

[6] Klaus Faiß: English language history . Francke, Tübingen 1989, ISBN 3-7720-1757-6 , p. 1 .