This volume documents and describes the important role that Gauss played for science in Russia, as well as the great significance of Russia in Gauss' scientific work. The authors profile 17…

The history of aesthetics portrays the relationship between ‘high’ and ‘low’, i.e. between high and popular culture, as being strongly antagonistic. On the other hand…

Faith-based universities as educational facilities not under state sponsorship are subject to Church and State regulations. Theological faculties at state-run universities must also adhere to…

In this work, the short epos Orpheus’ Argonautica that dates from Late Antiquity is subjected to a comprehensive re-examination. It reveals a work in which the poetic structure is much…

Dieser Band zeigt das große Pensum, das Wieland bei seiner Arbeit als Herausgeber des 'Teutschen Merkur' zu bewältigen hatte. Neben kleineren Aufsätze und Miszellen verfasst er…

This study is dedicated to the comprehensive explanation of what is probably Walter Benjamin’s most difficult text, the Erkenntniskritische Vorrede (critical foreword) to his Ursprung des…

The new edition is designed to be used as an exercise book and for systematic study. It includes cases on data protection, the reliability of online newspaper archives and the commercial use of…

Der vorliegende Band vereint zwei späte Stücke Horváths, das Schauspiel Der jüngste Tag und das Lustspiel Ein Dorf ohne Männer, beide 1937 erschienen und als Teile einer vom Autor geplanten Komödie…

2007 saw the completion of the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. This volume takes stock of developments and brings together the fields of archeology, history, philology and numerous…

This work addresses the criminal prosecution of Nazi criminals by West German courts, focusing specifically on the trial of former members of the German security police in Bialystok, Poland.…

In October 1936, Leonidas - a director at Austria's Department of Education - received a private letter in a woman's pale blue handwriting. In it, Vera Wormser, a Jew with whom he had a love…

2008 marked the 150th birthday of Nobel Laureate Ludwig Quidde, who led the Prussian Historical Institute in Rome from 1890 to 1892. During his time there, he initiated the Repertorium…

This study brings linguistic history and contemporary history together. Using the tools of discourse analysis it examines the linguistic quality of upheaval in the critical discourse of the late…

This introduction deals with questions and problems of foreign language acquisition in schools, universities, and institutions (French, Italian, and Spanish). The objective is a critical…

Ever since the Enlightenment, hermeneutics have been of critical importance as one of the fundamental principles of the arts and humanities. Their incorporation into the field of historical…

Usually we try to objectivize our knowledge of language by using terminology. In the process we easily forget that language can also be concretized revealingly by means of images or symbols.…

The “European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages” of the Council of Europe now applies in 25 states. The articles in this volume examine the basic concept and the language…

This 'corpus-driven?' work contributes to the investigation of grammatical phenomena in the linguistic period of New High German (17th to 21st centuries) with a focus on pronominal adverbs (e.g…

As a result of its almost total displacement from the everyday life environment death threatens to become a target for the projection of various fears. This volume takes an interdisciplinary…

The standard work on modern inorganic chemistry for students in chemistry master programs, this book presents well-founded information on the different areas of inorganic chemistry in a unique…

Während es eine Vielzahl an Studien über die Kindheit im antiken Griechenland, im römischen Altertum und im westlichen Mittelalter gibt, fehlt eine derartige Arbeit für Byzanz. Das vorliegende…

In German, composition is an especially productive pattern of word formation. This volume fills a gap in scholarship by providing a comprehensive description and discussion of composition in…

Volume two of the series IVS SAXONICO-MAIDEBVRGENSE IN ORIENTE presents the results of investigation into the dissemination of the law book Sachsenspiegel, Magdeburg city law, and related legal…

This book enters and surveys new territory. It describes the 'oratio historica' as a specific form of expression used in the political rhetoric of the early modern period. The speeches talk…

This work presents the first comprehensive monograph on the gallant poet Christian Hunold alias Menantes (1680-1721). On the basis of the conjuncture of the gallant interaction and communication…

The articles in this volume provide historical records, etymological explanations and bibliographical references in alphabetical order for approximately 3,000 names of places where the population…

Is there a fundamental difference between practical and theoretical knowledge? The thesis, going back to Gilbert Ryle, that “knowing-how” is an independent form of knowledge…

Hardly anything has been more influential in forming the modern era's definition of itself than its relation to the “pre-modern”. That is why medieval reception constitutes a central…

In the sixth volume of the Germania Sacra on the Bishopric of Constance, Wilfried Schöntag tells the story of the Premonstratensian monastery of Obermarchtal from its foundation in 1171 to…

The volume offers a unique overview of key rulings by Germany’s Supreme and Constitutional Courts regarding criminal cases in 2011. This makes it the ideal tool for quickly and easily…

Studying parts of speech always demands definition of the criteria for their determination. Non-inflecting parts of speech are of special interest here, because their form provides little…

The analysis of legal texts in the context of legislation is a previously unexplored field of research. Consequently, this study examines the formation of legal norms using the example of the…

The term ‘narrativity’ has gained considerable currency. But what does it actually mean? This is the question considered in the articles by linguists, media scholars, psychologists…

The articles in this volume provide an insight into the richness of narrative. In the process they focus on two main areas: oral narrative as part of everyday interaction and the acquisition of…

Das Große Sängerlexikon ist das anerkannte Nachschlagewerk über Sängerinnen und Sänger und umfasst in seiner 4. Auflage 18.760 Sänger-Biographien. Bemerkenswert am Großen Sängerlexikon ist nicht…

The Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur [History of Chinese Literature] in ten volumes is thus far the most comprehensive representation of the approximately 3000-year history of Chinese…

In the years 1786 to 1790, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger wrote his three tragedies that adapt and modify classical stories. In particular the two 'Medea' dramas, the originality of which was stressed…

Since the 1970s Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975) has been considered to be one of the most innovative German poets. In recognition of his importance as a modern classic, many of his poems…

This publication provides the first comparison and commentary on two critical editions of the same sermon. Few texts have been preservedboth in the original language and in the language of the…

This new volume of letters to Pestalozzi covers the period between 1814 andJuly 1817. It thus encompasses the fall of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna, and the great European economic crisis of…

Robert Esser, Universität Passau.

The transcendental dialectic, which is the destructive part of the Critique of Pure Reason that critizises traditional metaphysics, is typically treated in systematic perspective…

This book presents the historical lexicography of German, Dutch, and English with a focus on factors related to ideological history, professional lexicography, and cultural education. In the…

This volume contains essays and discussions from the conference of the Association of German Constitutional Law Instructors held October, 5 - 8, 2011 in Münster. Marion Albers,…

This book presents an in-depth comparison of two Romance languages. The authors analyze Spanish and Portuguese at every linguistic level – phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon …

The volume begins with a review of the methods of modern language acquisition research, and then presents the basic stages in the acquisition of phonological, lexical, grammatical, and pragmatic…

This introductory work is designed to help readers understand and categorize the basic axiomatic positions adopted by texts in the fields of language philosophy and theory. As a method of…

This reader’s edition of Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône (The Crown) in carefully normalized Middle High German presents the complete text of the romance in a newly…

Dieses Buch dient der Vorbereitung für den Teil der Staatsprüfung, der von vielen Kandidaten als besonders angsterregend angesehen wird. Einige allgemeine Bemerkungen über die m…