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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782167203321

Autore

Axel Katrin

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2007.1

©2007

ISBN

1-282-15263-7

9786612152634

90-272-9198-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (viii, 363 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today (LA) ; ; v. 112

Disciplina

437/.01

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised thesis (doctoral), University of Tübingen, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-358) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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?