Germanic studies

Germanic studies

Germanic studies is the field of study of the Germanic languages and the history of the Germanic peoples.

;Subfields
*English studies
*German studies
*Dutch studies
*Scandinavian studies
*Runology
*comparative linguistics (Common Germanic)

;Founding figures
*Jacob Grimm ("German Dictionary", "Teutonic Mythology")
*Rasmus Rask

ee also

*Indo-European studies
* Indiana University - Germanic Studies - [http://www.indiana.edu/~germanic/]


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