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<p>This article covers midwives as such and their designations in the Transylvanian-Saxon vernaculars in detail with emphasis on the early documentary evidence in the first half of the 16th century as well as from the 18th century. The lexemes correlate their respective categories of word formation and show descriptive series of synonyms depicting at the same time the composition of the Transylvanian-Saxon vocabulary. Comments on the etymology of the word formations as well as on the midwife‘s profession are also included. The terms are taken from the <italic>Transylvanian­Saxon Dictionary</italic> and the <italic>NorthTransyl vanian Saxon Dictionary</italic> as well as the <italic>specialist literature on vernacular</italic>.</p>
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This article covers midwives as such and their designations in the Transylvanian-Saxon vernaculars in detail with emphasis on the early documentary evidence in the first half of the 16th century as well as from the 18th century. The lexemes correlate their respective categories of word formation and show descriptive series of synonyms depicting at the same time the composition of the Transylvanian-Saxon vocabulary. Comments on the etymology of the word formations as well as on the midwife‘s profession are also included. The terms are taken from the Transylvanian­Saxon Dictionary and the NorthTransyl vanian Saxon Dictionary as well as the specialist literature on vernacular.

Die Hebamme und ihre Benennungen im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen

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{"article-title":"Die Hebamme und ihre Benennungen im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen"}

This article covers midwives as such and their designations in the Transylvanian-Saxon vernaculars in detail with emphasis on the early documentary evidence in...

Die Hebamme und ihre Benennungen im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen

Publié en ligne: 05 août 2021

Pages: 283 - 305

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2020-0015

Mots clés
designation, midwife, Transylvanian-Saxon vernacular, composition of vocabulary, word formation, series of synonyms

© 2021 Sigrid Haldenwang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Die Hebamme und ihre Benennungen im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen

Publié en ligne: 05 août 2021

Pages: 283 - 305

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2020-0015

Mots clésdesignation, midwife, Transylvanian-Saxon vernacular, composition of vocabulary, word formation, series of synonyms

© 2021 Sigrid Haldenwang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
designation, midwife, Transylvanian-Saxon vernacular, composition of vocabulary, word formation, series of synonyms