Pure German Research Articles

The English of 'Aufbau'

STUDY of any copy of Aufbau, the English-German newspaper for refugees1 published in New York, will reveal many striking aspects of interlingual influence. While Aufbau publishes articles in pure English side by side with articles in equally pure German, purity in either language is by no means characteristic. Except for such pure German matter as literary feuilletons and such pure English matter as a news release from a federal agency, to be able to read the paper one must actually possess a reading knowledge of both English and German, and the flexibility of a Montrealer in shifting instantly, sometimes in the very midst of a word, from one language to the other. While the English of Aufbau is on the whole excellent, one can occasionally find German influence, as might be expected. Thus, Muni, after a 'pause' of two years, makes a comeback, and a woman baker is called a 'bakeress.' Like the diction, the idiom is also sometimes Germanic. A certain young man, for example, 'is already sergeant,' and from a sports column this passage has been culled: '. . . not so much that they'll win themselves more games as that they'll lose themselves less.' Verb forms are likewise Germanic, e.g., '. . who since 1929 religiously pays six dollars a month,' and, 'Don't you come (Aren't you coming) to hear Harry?' Note also these uses of verbals: '. . . Corporation specialized in cigarette paper,' '. . . [certain refugee physicians allegedly] . . . grab good practices from leaving American doctors,' and '. . we will help building a new world.'

Omkring Ehrenstrahls tidigaste kända arbeten

Summary The Swedish painter David Kloker Ehrenstrahl proves to be pure German in his artistic ideas, especially in his early works. He was born in Hamburg and worked in Holland for a couple of years together with his countryman Jurian Jacobsz. It has therefore been stated in all the literature about him that Dutch influences were observable in his works, which is not true. He employs a method that is common among German artists and quite different from the manner in which the Dutch painters worked. After his visit to Holland Ehrenstrahl came to Sweden, but whether in 1651 or in 1652 is not quite certain. There are eight of his early works in the collection at the castle of Skokloster on Lake Malar, not very far from Stockholm. They are signed and dated 1651 or 1652. It is now clear, however, that Ehrenstrahl did not take the direct way from Holland to Sweden. Ehrenstrahl was summoned to Wolgast, the residental capital of Pomerania, by Count Charles Gustavus Wrangel, a Swedish General famed in the thirty Y...

ELLIPTIC ERYTHROCYTES IN MAN

In recent years attention has been directed to the fact that the red cells of an apparently healthy person are not necessarily round but may be distinctly elliptic or even sausage shaped. This condition has been recognized as a congenital anomaly, frequently called ovalocytosis in spite of the fact that the red cells are not strictly oval. This paper describes the incidence in 3 interrelated families of pure German extraction of 86 members with large numbers of such cells. This is the largest group for which this condition has been reported. In addition, we present features of the anomaly not previously recorded. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Because reports of this condition have appeared in many languages and are not universally accessible, it seems desirable to present here a fairly complete review of the literature. To Dresbach 1 goes the credit for reporting the first case of the anomaly. A mulatto