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Frings, Theodor (1886–1968)
W.h. Veithsubject
GermanHistoryLanguage changeCompromisemedia_common.quotation_subjectlanguageSlavic languagesGerman studiesRomancelanguage.human_languageLinguisticsClassicsmedia_commondescription
Theodor Frings, late professor of German language and literature at the university of Leipzig, dealt with the dynamics of language in history, with the contact of German with neighbouring languages, such as, Dutch, Romance (“Germania Romana”) and Slavic languages. To Frings, the explanation of language change was the ‘external’ history. His description of the regional basis of Standard German, namely, the compromise language caused by dialect mixture in east Germany, was well accepted.
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