Recent developments in Germanic linguistics / / editor, Rosina Lippi-Green

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965391203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1992
• ISBN: 1-283-31318-9; 9786613313188; 90-272-7743-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 93
• Altri autori (Persone): Lippi-GreenRosina
• Disciplina: 430
• Soggetti: Germanic languages; Germanic languages - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at the 2nd annual Michigan/Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable held Apr. 12-14, 1991, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMANIC LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN EUROPEAN NATIONALISMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE GERMAN-SPEAKING AREA; SOUTHERN MIDDLE ENGLISH HISE AND THE QUESTION OF PRONOMINAL TRANSFER IN LANGUAGE CONTACT; FLEMINGS, BRABANDERS AND HOLLANDERS IN THE URBAN MELTING POT DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN DUTCH VERNACULARIN THE 17th CENTURY; GERMANIC, NORTHWEST-INDO-EUROPEAN AND PRE-INDO-EUROPEAN SUBSTRATES; OLD HIGH GERMAN NU; SUBJECT AND REFLEXIVE IN OLD ICELANDIC THE EVOLUTION OF GENDER ASSIGNMENT FROM OHG TO NHG; SPLIT INTRANSITIVITY IN GERMAN AND DUTCH: SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC PARAMETERS; LANGUAGE CONTACT AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORM AND MEANING IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN; SUBJECT-OBJECT AND COORDINATE ASYMMETRIES AND THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF GERMAN; RELATIVIZATION STRATEGIES IN EARLY NEW HIGH GERMAN: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH; INDEX OF ; NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS
• Sommario/riassunto: These are selected papers from the Second Annual Michigan/Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable held in April of 1991 at Ann Arbor. Topics include the evolution of the gender system, the delineation of the relative clause in historical texts, and language as a political tool in the new Europe.