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Record Nr.

UNINA9910251395203321

Autore

Baechler Raffaela

Titolo

Absolute Komplexität in der Nominalflexion : Althochdeutsch, Mittelhochdeutsch, Alemannisch und deutsche Standardsprache / / Raffaela Baechler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Language Science Press, 2017

Berlin, Germany : , : Language Science Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-96110-023-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 487 pages) : PDF, digital file(s)

Collana

Morphological investigations ; ; 2

Disciplina

435.95

Soggetti

German language - Inflection

Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a quantifiable measure and analysis of absolute complexity in the nominal inflection of 17 Alemannic dialects, of standard German as well as of Middle and Old High German. The data is based on grammatical descriptions. What can be interpreted as being more or less complex in a language system is deduced from LFG (Lexical-Functional Grammar) and from an inferential-realisational morphological framework. The tool to measure inflectional complexity is also developed from these frameworks. Variation in the inflectional complexity is analysed based on the following factors: diachrony, isolation, language contact, standardisation, and dialect groups.