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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973937103321

Autore

Axel Katrin

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, c2007

ISBN

9786612152634

9781282152632

1282152637

9789027291981

9027291985

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (viii, 363 pages) : illustrations

Collana

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

Classificazione

GC 2230

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 Tubingen, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Studies on Old High German Syntax -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. VERB MOVEMENT -- 3. VERB-FIRST DECLARATIVES -- 4. LEFT SENTENCE PERIPHERY AND XP-MOVEMENT -- 5. PRONOUN PLACEMENT AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE -- 6. NULL SUBJECTS AND VERB PLACEMENT -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

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?