Some Considerations On The Origins Of Wymysorys 1st Carlo Ritchie by Carlo Ritchie instant download after payment.

Preface Wymysorys (Wymysiöerys), one of the smallest Germanic languages, is a critically endangered language of Southern Poland spoken by less than 45 inhabitants of the town of Wilamowice. The classification of Wymysorys is a contentious issue and one that has been the focus of much of the scholarly work on the language over the past century. Historically Wymysorys has been grouped alongside languages such as Modern German as an Irminonic Language; this classification however, has been made largely without consideration of the phonological and morphological character of the language. The classification of Wymysorys as an Irminonic language is at odds with folk-history of the last Wilamowiceans, who variously claim to be descendant of Frisian, Flemish or Scottish settlers, a claim that has yet to be investigated on the basis of the genetic origins of the phonological and morphological innovations of Wymysorys. This will be the focus of this paper. Chapter 1 examines the current classification of Wymysorys as well as a brief linguistic and ethnological history of the language. Chapter 2 introduces current theories on the disposition of West Germanic, placing Wymysorys within this broader context. Chapters 3 and 4 comprise the bulk of this paper, focusing on the phonological and morphological innovations of Wymysorys.