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Deutsche Inschriften des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit

• Germany
• Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Edition
• Running

Medieval and early modern inscriptions crafted before 1650, in Latin and German language, situated in German-speaking areas are at the heart of this project. Inscriptions are significant and unique historical sources because they are often preserved in an authentic state and in their original setting. For the premodern era, script which was affixed to stone, wood, metal, glass as well as textiles…

AGATE-ID: PR17

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Regionalsprache.de (REDE). Ein Forschungsprojekt zu den modernen Regionalsprachen des Deutschen

• Germany
• Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
• Collection
• Running

The objective of the project is to remedy two of the most serious desiderata from the long history of the research of the German language:

1. The German dialects have been investigated intensively for 180 years (Schmeller 1821). For the “modern regional languages”, i.e. the linguistic variation areas, which present the spoken everyday language of most of the members of the linguistic community in…

AGATE-ID: PR255

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