GOTHIC LANGUAGE

dead language belonging to the now extinct East Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Gothic has special value for the linguist because it was recorded several hundred years before the oldest surviving texts of all the other Germanic languages (except for a handful of earlier runic inscriptions in Old Norse). Thus it sheds light on an older stage of a Germanic language and on the development of Germanic languages in general. The earliest extant document in Gothic preserves part of a translation of the Bible made in the 4th cent. a.d. by Ulfilas, a Gothic bishop. This translation is written in an adaptation of the Greek alphabet, supposedly devised by the bishop himself, which was later discarded.

See J. Wright, Grammar of the Gothic Language and the Gospel of St. Mark (2d ed. 1954).

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books on: Gothic Language  - 3139 results

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Gothic Modernisms
Book by Andrew Smith, Jeff Wallace; Palgrave, 2001
Subjects: Barnes, Djuna--Criticism And Interpretation, English Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Gothic Revival (Literature)--Great Britain, Gothic Revival (Literature)--United States, Influence (Literary, Artistic, Etc.), Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain, Modernism (Literature)--United States, Motion Pictures--History, Psychological Fiction, English--History And Criticism, Self In Literature, Woolf, Virginia--1882-1941--Criticism And Interpretation
...H. Lawrence to a modernist anda Gothic discourse would appear to be an...fascination with the body has to both a Gothic language of otherness and a modernist discourse of subjectivity. This Gothic dimension to his writings can be...
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Gothic Writers: A Critical and Bibliographical Guide
Book by Douglass H. Thomson, Jack G. Voller, Frederick S. Frank; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Fantasy Fiction--Bio-Bibliography, Fantasy Fiction--History And Criticism, Gothic Revival (Literature), Gothic Revival (Literature)--Bio-Bibliography, Horror Tales--Bio-Bibliography, Horror Tales--History And Criticism
...Lau. New York: Modern Language Association, 1993: 49...ways in which the female Gothic is a dark mirror of the...t Tofanelli, John. The Gothic Confessional: Language and Subjectivity in the Gothic Novel, Villette , and Bleak...
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Gothic Fiction: A Master List of Twentieth Century Criticism and Research
Book by Frederick S. Frank; Meckler, 1988
Subjects: Fiction--History And Criticism--Bibliography, Gothic Revival (Literature)--Bibliography, Horror Tales--History And Criticism--Bibliography
...1970. 1089. GERMANN Georg. Gothic Revival in Europe and Britain...B. "Fielding and the First Gothic Revival," Modern Language Notes, 57 1942 : 671-673...Early and High Victorian: The Gothic Revival Architecture of Edmund...
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Gothic Literature
Book by Andrew Smith; Edinburgh University Press, 2007
Subjects: Gothic Literature--Great Britain--History And Criticism, Gothic Literature--United States--History And Criticism
...and parsonages. 26 How the Gothic infiltrates the novel, requires...types of behaviour by using the Gothic as a language to exclude those who threaten...potential (p. 293), and Nelly uses language in order to emphasise his otherness...
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Gothic Architecture
Book by Paul Frankl; Penguin Books, 1962
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic--History
...balus- trades translate the forms of the High Gothic into the language of the Late Gothic and change structure into texture. Inside...Nantes. Within the framework of the French Late Gothic style this choir too can be called classic...
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journal articles on: Gothic Language  - 1976 results

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Foucault in the House of Usher: Some Historical Permutations in Poe's Gothic
Journal article by Stephen Dougherty; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 37, 2001
Subjects: Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gothic literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poe, Edgar Allan--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Racism in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The House of Usher (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...decadence. (xviii) Baldicks proposal of a gothic trajectory that moves from cruelty to decadence may be schematic--certainly Gothic literature exhibited a mixture of cruelty...we may follow Baldicks cue and map the Gothics generic development onto a broader historical...tableau in the following manner. The Gothic of cruelty, the Gothic of late eighteenth...
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Gothic Architectonics: The Poetics and Politics of Gothic Space
Journal article by Carol Margaret Davison; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 46, 2010
Subjects: Gothic literature--Analysis
...resulted in the production of The First Gothics (1987), his three separate Guides to the Gothic (1984; 1995; 2005), and Through...are actually adjacent chambers to the Gothics castle crypts (59). "Pre-Gothic sources come to a clearer focus in...Print. Frank, Frederick S. The First Gothics: A Critical Guide to the English Gothic Novel. New York: Garland Publishing...
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Gothic Reflections: Narrative Force in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Journal article by Catherine Spooner; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Gothic Reflections: Narrative Force in Nineteenth-Century Fiction (Book)--Book reviews
Gothic Reflections: Narrative Force in Nineteenth-Century Fiction. by Catherine Spooner Gothic Reflections: Narrative Force in Nineteenth...refusal to ghettoizenineteenth-century Gothic texts. Garrett declines to entertain simplistic...
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More Gothic Gold: The Sadleir-Black Chapbook Collection at the University of Virginia Library
Journal article by Diane Long Hoeveler; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 46, 2010
Subjects: Academic libraries--Collections and collecting, Universities and colleges--Buildings and facilities, Universities and colleges--Collections and collecting, Universities and colleges--United States, University and college libraries--Collections and collecting, University of Virginia--Buildings and facilities, University of Virginia--Collections and collecting
...of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance. London: Constable...K. "The Sadleir-Black Gothic Collection: An Address before...Frank, Frederick. The First Gothics: A Critical Guide to the English Gothic Novel. New York: Garland...Studies in Literature and Language 17 (1976): 725-36. Print...
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Naive and Knowledgeable Nihilism in Byron's Gothic Verse
Journal article by Charles Lachance; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 32, 1996
Subjects: Byron, George Gordon, Lord--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nihilism--Literature, Poetry--Themes, motives
Naive and knowledgeable nihilism in Byrons gothic verse. by Charles LaChance Gothic poetry and prose vocalize a medley of Calvinistic...to gothicism that Jeffrey Cox reviews in Seven Gothic Dramas: "the numinous, the political, the...
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Architect Peter Salter Records the English Innovation of the Fan Vault, a Pragmatic and Romantic Alternative to the Gothic Arch That Has Challenged His Thoughts on Contemporary Skins
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 229, January 2011
Subjects: Architects--Innovations, Architects--Services, Architecture, Gothic--Usage, Church buildings--Remodeling and renovation, Churches--Remodeling and renovation, Gothic architecture--Usage, Salter, Peter--Innovations, Salter, Peter--Services, Vaults (Architecture)--Design and construction
...as an alternative to the Gothic arch, whose loading paths...French and others pursued the Gothic rigorously and sought to build an integrated language between structure, space...Conquest and rebuilding in the Gothic, they modified and added...
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Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination
Magazine article by Amy L. Blair; American Scholar, Vol. 68, Winter 1999
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Murder Most Foul: The Killer and the American Gothic Imagination (Book)
...American true crime narratives Gothic imagination, and while it...within the conventions of the Gothic: which is a complicated way...narrated with salaciously charged language. She observes that "though...form of violence." As her language indicates, she is primarily...
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Gothic Revival: John Ruskin Was an Enemy of Democracy, Writes Tim Abrahams
Magazine article by Tim Abrahams; New Statesman, Vol. 139, September 27, 2010
Subjects: Architectural models--Exhibitions, Art critics--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ruskin, John--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...Ruskins argument is that the Gothic is produced by master builders...in this favouring of the Gothic--this transmission of Gods word through the tactile language of stone--a mistrust...should this talk of the Gothic and morality engage us...
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The 'gothic' and the Symphonies of Walton
Magazine article by Martyn Brabbins; Musical Opinion, Vol. 134, May/Jun 2011
...one of those moments. The Gothic is not truly a choral symph...Eighth in that sense. In the Gothic the finale, a very large setting...surprised if in the future the Gothic found, if not perhaps a regular...written in a completely different language - Waltons whole idea about...
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Laura Schellhardt Dark Shadows: A Taste for Small-Town Gothic Lurks in Her Expanding Body of Work
Magazine article by Harah Hart; American Theatre, Vol. 28, April 2011
Subjects: Courting Vampires (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Gothicism--Analysis, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Schellhardt, Laura--Criticism and interpretation, Schellhardt, Laura--Works, The K of D (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...A Taste for Small-Town Gothic Lurks in Her Expanding Body...to tempo, particularly how languages momentum can power drama...theatrical--requires mastery of language and physical form," says...themselves a sort: of American gothic--show-up again and again...that genre." She adds: "Gothic, supernatural--those forms...
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Magical Gothic Charm; the Grimstones Create a Moving Winsome World of Love and Acceptance {Ndash} a World Which Is Close to the Heart of Their Creator, Dancer and Puppeteer, Asphyxia
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), January 2, 2009
Subjects: Asphyxia
Magical Gothic Charm; the Grimstones Create...The Grimstones tells the gothic fairytale of a magical family...world marionettes with sign language and dazzling sets, and promises...watching a lot of movies with gothic themes, which drew me back...
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Showbiz: Gothic Drama Crammed with Creaking Doors and Secret Alcoves; This Week's Showbiz Team: Anuji Varma & Roz Laws Books DIANE SETTERFIELD the Thirteenth Tale (Orion, Pounds 6.99)
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), November 25, 2007
Showbiz: Gothic Drama Crammed with Creaking...is a big, old-fashioned Gothic romp of tragic dimensions...melodramatic in both events and language. At times the author seems...at poetic phrasing, her language at times borders on the hysterical...
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Author Ben, 13 Is New Lord of the Gothic Rings; Youngest of Prodigy Trio Pens a Weighty Novel
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), March 15, 2011
Author Ben, 13 Is New Lord of the Gothic Rings; Youngest of Prodigy Trio Pens...numbers, having recently penned his first gothic novel. Based on a mythical world of gods...a child with such a remarkable use of language. "Some kids like throwing balls but...
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Culture: Crime Writer with a Sense of Fun; Award-Winning Crime Novelist Denise Mina Is in Newcastle Tonight for a Gothic Lecture Evening at the City's Suitably Atmospheric Mining Institute. Daniel Thomson Talks to Her
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 9, 2007
Subjects: Mina, Denise
...Denise Mina Is in Newcastle Tonight for a Gothic Lecture Evening at the Citys Suitably...hooked. I think if youre obsessed with language you write it down, fall in love with...Street, Newcastle, at 6pm tonight. GOTHIC TALK: Crime novelist Denise Mina who...
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Salamanca Style; City on Plain Thrives on Legacy of Learning, Language, Architecture
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 11, 2002
Subjects: Spain
...plain thrives on legacy of learning, language, architecture Byline: Richard Slusser...regarded as the birthplace of the Spanish language and the nation since the merger of the...gender rules in plurals in the Spanish language. Isabellas jewels benefited Columbus...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gothic Language  - 18 results

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Gothic Language
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GOTHIC LANGUAGE dead language belonging to the now...European family of languages (see Germanic languages...all the other Germanic languages (except for a handful...stage of a Germanic language and on the development...
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Germanic Languages
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Groups The Germanic languages today are conventionally...which such dead languages as Burgundian, Gothic, and Vandalic belong...of any Germanic language is in Gothic (see Gothic language ). The North Germanic languages, also called Scandinavian...
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German Language
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cultural and commercial second language for millions of people in...principal divisions of the German language: High German, or Hochdeutsch...cover all the West Germanic languages in which the second sound...in word order, the German language is unlike English in that...auszeichnungswurdig. The Gothic or Black Letter form (in...
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Indo-European Family of Languages, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES, THE (table) The Indo-European Family of Languages Anatolian Hieroglypic Hittite...East Germanic Burgundian * , Gothic * , Vandalic * North Germanic...Plattdeutsch (see German language ) Greek Aeolic * , Arcadian...Subfamily Group Subgroup Languages and Principal Dialects...
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Germans
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...seriously. The Ostrogoths were a part of the Gothic people, often called the East Germanic, whose language (Gothic) was the first written Germanic language...disappeared as a group. The Gepidae, a Gothic people, moved southward from the Baltic...
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