Studies on Old High German Syntax: Left Sentence Periphery, Verb Placement and Verb-secondJohn Benjamins Publishing, 2007 - 363 من الصفحات 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 sentence typing as in the modern verb-second languages? A further major topic is null subjects: It is claimed that Old High German was a partial pro-drop language. All these issues are addressed from a comparative-diachronic perspective by integrating research on other Old Germanic languages, in particular on Old English and Gothic. This book is of interest to all those working in the fields of comparative Germanic syntax and historical linguistics. |
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VERB MOVEMENT | 27 |
VERBFIRST DECLARATIVES | 113 |
LEFT SENTENCE PERIPHERY AND XPMOVEMENT | 173 |
PRONOUN PLACEMENT AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE | 237 |
NULL SUBJECTS AND VERB PLACEMENT | 293 |
SUMMARY | 327 |
REFERENCES | 335 |
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According adverbs already analysis appear argued argument assumed attested became become Chapter claim clauses clitic complementizer complex conjunction constituent constructions contain context contrast declarative clauses dialects discussed distribution earlier OHG early effect elements evidence examples fact finite verb frequent fronted functional further furthermore given Gothic grammar head High German hypothesis imperatives independent interrogative Isidor Kiparsky languages late Latin left periphery literature means middle modern German move Note null subjects object observation occur OHG texts Old English original overt particle personal pronouns phenomenon phrase placement position possible postfinite predicates prefinite present projection properties proposed prose question refers regarded relative restricted result sentence similar structure studies subject pronouns suggests syntactic syntax Tatian texts tion topic translation types verb movement verb-end verb-first declaratives verb-first order verb-second verb-third word order
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الصفحة 346 - The Monsee Fragments, newly collated text with introduction, notes, grammatical treatise and exhaustive glossary and a photolithographic fac-simile, edited by George Allison Hench, Strassburg, 1891.