Anglia (journal)
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Anglia, subtitled Zeitschrift für Englische Philologie is an German
journal
on English
Linguistics
. It was started in 1878. There are about three issues a year.
. Between 1888 and 1892 Ewald Flügel
, also at Leipzig, acted as editor in conjunction with Gustav Schirmer.
It features articles on the English language and its history, and English literature from the Middle Ages through to modern times. It also covers American literature and English-language literature from around the world. Its scope extends to general and theoretical studies of comparative literature and culture. There is also a regular programme of publication of review issues.
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Academic journal
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on English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
. It was started in 1878. There are about three issues a year.
History
Anglia, although a German publication, is the longest-established journal for the study of the English language in the world, having been published continuously since 1878. The founding editors were Moritz Trautmann and Richard Paul Wülker, then based at the University of LeipzigUniversity of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
. Between 1888 and 1892 Ewald Flügel
Ewald Flügel
Ewald Flügel was one of the international pioneers of the study of Old and Middle English Literature and Language and one of the founding professors of English Studies at Stanford University.-Biography:Flügel, whose father and grandfather Ewald Flügel (May 8, 1863, in Leipzig, Germany, - November...
, also at Leipzig, acted as editor in conjunction with Gustav Schirmer.
It features articles on the English language and its history, and English literature from the Middle Ages through to modern times. It also covers American literature and English-language literature from around the world. Its scope extends to general and theoretical studies of comparative literature and culture. There is also a regular programme of publication of review issues.