Professor Emeritus, German Studies

Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969
My main area of interest is historical Germanic linguistics and secondarily and more broadly, the individual branches of the Indo-European languages and their historical development.
I have also published on the works of various German authors including Goethe, Kleist, Novalis and Nietzsche. In the area of pedagogy, I have collaborated with other scholars in producing Mosaik, a second-year german college program. I am currently serving on the editorial board of International Journal of Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis.
Research
Selected Research
- Joseph Voyles & Charles Barrack. On Laryngealism: A Coursebook in the History of a Science. LINCOM GmbH: 2015
- Joseph Voyles and Charles Barrack. A Structural History of the German Language. Lincom Europa: 2014.
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Charles Barrack. Word Division within Gothic Consonant Clusters. 2011.
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- Joseph Voyles, Charles Barrack. An Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Early Indo-European Languages. Slavica Publishers: 2009.
Courses Taught
Autumn 2015
Spring 2015
Winter 2015
- GERMAN 150 A: Conversational German Through Films
- GERMAN 250 A: Advanced Conversational German Through Films
- GERMAN 395 A: Proctoring Of First-Year German Film Course
- GERMAN 396 A: Proctoring Of Second-Year German Film Course
- GERMAN 452 A: History Of The German Language
- GERMAN 560 A: Modern Dialects
Autumn 2014
Spring 2014
Winter 2014
Autumn 2013
Spring 2013
Winter 2013
Autumn 2012
Spring 2012
Winter 2012
Autumn 2011
Spring 2011
Related News
Related News
- In Memory of Joe Voyles - April 27, 2021
- New Faculty Publication: Joe Voyles and Charles Barrack: Proto-Indo-European Word Stress: Its Lithuanian Reflex - October 13, 2020
- Alexa, What are our Alums at Amazon up to? Meet Alex Estes (BA 2013) - October 7, 2020
- News from our Alums: Van Holland (BA 1969, MA 1970) - April 30, 2018
- News from our Alums: John R. te Velde (PhD 1988) - April 9, 2018
- New Faculty Publication by Joe Voyles and Charles Barrack: On Laryngealism: A Coursebook in the History of a Science - December 2, 2015
- Joe Voyles toasts C.M. Barrack as Friend, Colleague, and Renaissance Man - December 1, 2015
- Alumni Pay Tribute to Professor Charles Barrack with Memories and Many Thanks - December 1, 2015
- Diana Behler honors longtime colleague and friend, Charles Barrack, on the occasion of his retirement - December 1, 2015
- New faculty publication by Joe Voyles and Charles Barrack: A Structural History of the German Language - December 8, 2014
- Faculty News - Spring 2012 - June 15, 2012
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