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Yakovluk A.N., Kataeva S.V., Polyanichko M.V. HISTORICAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH METHOD OF THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL GERMAN LANGUAGE IN THE PERIOD OF XII–XVIII CENTURIESComparative historical research method gives the opportunity to show the process of formation of modern grammatical systems, the formation of the vocabulary of languages.The analysis of the material reveals the following main features of the formation of the German national literary language in the period of XII–XVIII centuries. Changes in the systems of declension and conjugation. The growing use of real time (presence) in the description of past events.World-building played a significant role in the word formation of early high German language in compounding. Many older lexical items in new meanings. Due to the economic and social changes the special languages of different social groups began to shape actively, from which many words and expressions entered in the national language. Latin language had a great influence, the meaning of other languages decreased in comparison with Latin. Most significant for the development of a national German language was East-Central region of Germany, which was a kind of mixture of low German, Central and high German elements. Thus, due to this method, it is possible to schematically present the main features of the formation of German national literary language in the period from XII to XVIII centuries. Key words: German national language, grammatical form, vocabulary, composites, word formation.

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Authors: Yakovlyuk A.N., Kataeva S.V., Polyanichko M.V.

Year: 2017

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Sergey Aleksandrovich
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