This volume contains ten revised and expanded papers selected from the dozens presented at the last Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, five contributions each from syntax (by Werner Abraham, Sarah Fagan, Isabella Barbier, John te Velde, and Ruth Lanouette) and hi…
This volume investigates why for centuries the Germans have unhesitatingly regarded the ancient Germanic tribes as their direct ancestors. The papers analyze the complex processes of this equation, which was often maintained in the knowledge that it was untenable, and its politi…
This volume investigates the question of why for centuries the Germans have unhesitatingly regarded the ancient Germanic tribes as their direct ancestors - and commonly even do so today. Although advances in academic research have shown that we are dealing here with an artificia…