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With this first etymological dictionary of Old Frisian for the first time Old Frisian becomes accessible to a wide circle scholars of German (and comparative Indo-European) languages. An up-to-date and indispensable research.
Das Etymologische Wörterbuch der friesischen Adjektiva erfaßt das gesamte Inventar der alt- und neufriesischen Adjektiva. Damit ist erstmals ein Teilbereich des überlieferten friesischen Wortschatzes systematisch erfaßt und etymologisch dargestellt worden. Die Beschreibung des weitverstreuten Belegmaterials aus den bislang bekannten altfriesischen Handschriften sowie der heutigen nord-, ost- und westfriesischen Dialekte erfolgt nach sprachgeographischen Kriterien, indem für jedes Adjektiv seine Lautgeschichte, Wortbildung und Wortbedeutungsentwicklung erörtert wird als Reflex bestimmter diachroner und synchroner Vorgänge innerhalb der einzelnen alt- und neufriesischen Mundartgruppen, ...
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On Life-Writing offers a sampling of approaches to the study of life-writing. The collection brings together eminent scholars and writers to reflect on specific examples of life-writing to reflect broader themes within the genre.
"A gripping tale told by a gifted writer."--Beverly Lewis Caroline Fletcher is caught in a nation split apart and torn between the ones she loves and a truth she can't deny The daughter of a wealthy slave-holding family from Richmond, Virginia, Caroline Fletcher is raised to believe slavery is God-ordained and acceptable. But on awakening to its cruelty and injustice, her eyes are opened to the men and women who have cared tirelessly for her. At the same time, her father and her fiance, Charles St. John, are fighting for the Confederacy and their beloved way of life and traditions. Where does Caroline's loyalty lie? Emboldened by her passion to make a difference and her growing faith, will she risk everything she holds dear?
What Would You Do If a Secret Was Causing Your Family to Crumble? Is there a secret terrible enough that it should never be revealed, not even if it was tearing a family apart? For more than five decades Emma Bauer has kept one--carefully guarding it with all her strength, and for more than five decades that choice has haunted her life and also the lives of her daughters and granddaughter. Is it too late for wrongs to be righted? Does Emma even have the strength to let the healing power of truth work in her family? The story of four generations of women and the powerful effects that their choices have had on their lives is at the heart of Eve's Daughters, an epic novel from author Lynn Austi...
In an unassuming apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, three lives intersect as the reality of war invades each aspect of their lives. Young Esther is heartbroken when her father decides to enlist in the army shortly after the death of her mother. Penny Goodrich has been in love with Eddie Shaffer for as long as she can remember; now that Eddie's wife is dead, Penny feels she has been given a second chance and offers to care for his children in the hope that he will finally notice her and marry her after the war. And elderly Mr. Mendel, the landlord, waits for the war to end to hear what has happened to his son trapped in war-torn Hungary. But during the long, endless wait for victory overseas, life on the home front will go from bad to worse. Yet these characters will find themselves growing and changing in ways they never expected--and ultimately discovering truths about God's love...even when He is silent.