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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819176203321

Titolo

Studies on German-language islands / / edited by Michael T. Putnam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 2011

ISBN

1-282-97685-0

9786612976858

90-272-8740-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 pages)

Collana

Studies in language companion series ; ; v. 123

Altri autori (Persone)

PutnamMichael T

Disciplina

435

Soggetti

German language - Syntax

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

German language - Foreign countries

German language - Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Phonetics & phonology -- section 2. Morphology & lexical studies -- section 3. Syntax I : verb clusters -- section 4. Syntax II : the syntax of Cimbrian German -- section 5. Syntax III : the syntax of Pennsylvania German -- section 6. Pragmatics & conversation analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

:The contributions in this volume present cutting-edge theoretical and structural analyses of issues surrounding German-language islands, or Sprachinseln, throughout the world. The individual topics of study in this volume focus on various aspects of these German-language islands such as (but not limited to) phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of these languages under investigation.