SCAN 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rasmus Rask, Prose Edda, Language Change
1 Feb 2018
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Jones discovered was what people have seen before. First to say that similarities are based on common ancestors. Further back in time, more systematic and more perfect than the language nowadays. Sanskrit is much more civilized than latin and greek. Piled words from languages to compare changes. Can identify a paternal change that has extinct. Can track back systemically from new to paternal. Able to build up from william jones" work. By combining huge amount of info and you can detect how language changes. Collect every piece of info he could derived from snorri. What jacob tried to establish germany was actually scandinavian. Various germanic languages are related and stem from one parent language. More linguist element you accumulate, more likely to discover the extinct forerunner. Earlier germanic languages were more systematic than those of today. Various germanic mythologies are related and stem from one parent language. More mythological element you accumulate, more likely to discover extinct forerunner.
