Breaking Up Verb Clusters
Two-Verb Constructions in Moundridge Schweitzer German
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12987675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyoun-A Joo (0000-0001-7433-7210, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 563-589 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language Contact (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1955-2629 • E-ISSN: 1877-4091 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19552629-01103007 |
| OpenAlex | W2971455801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Verb clusters are a linguistic phenomenon where two or more verbs align in adjacent order. This paper discusses the structure of a certain type of verb cluster, namely modal infinitivo pro participio ( IPP ) structures, in main clauses of a moribund heritage variety of German, Moundridge Schweitzer German ( MSG ), spoken in Kansas. An acceptability judgment task was conducted with twelve participants to investigate two aspects of verb clusters in MSG . The first question concerned the integration of non-verbal elements, here the direct object ( DO ) and the negation particle (neg), in the verbal complex. The second question investigates whether MSG modal IPP s show variability in verb order, which is an essential characteristic of this type of verb cluster in other verb-cluster languages. The results show that modal IPP constructions in MSG have a fixed 2–3 verb order but allow object scrambling to some degree. Thus, while the ordering of verbs lacks syntactic variability, flexibility and variation are attested in the placement of the non-verbal constituents within the verbal complex. This is interpreted as the retention of an archaic dialectal trait
German · Infinitive · Linguistics · Modal verb · Natural language processing · Object (grammar · Phenomenon · Reflexive verb · Variety (cybernetics · Verb · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |