Studies on Old High German syntax : left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second /

Studies on Old High German syntax : left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second /

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Author / Creator:Axel, Katrin.
Imprint:Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 363 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
German
Series:Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today (LA) ; v. 112
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 112.
Subject:
German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Syntax.
German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Sentences.
German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Verb.
German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Word order.
German language -- Old High German -- Syntax.
German language -- Old High German -- Verb.
German language -- Old High German -- Word order.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11220374
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ISBN:9789027291981
9027291985
9789027233769
9027233764
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index.
Includes German phrases.
Print version record.
Summary:This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized verb movement exist in Old High German? Was there already obligatory XP-movement to the left periphery in declarative root clauses? What deviations from the linear verb-second restriction are attested and what do such phenomena reveal about the structure of the left sentence periphery? Did verb placement play the same role in s.
Other form:Print version: Axel, Katrin. Studies on Old High German syntax. Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007 9789027233769 9027233764

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