Hauptsätze mit Verbspäterstellung im Althochdeutschen

Bestand, Distribution, Interpretation

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ID21294458
AuthorsSvetlana Petrova (0000-0002-2634-8473, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Gaußstraße 20 Wuppertal Deutschland, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume145
Issue4
Pages515-562
Publication date2023-11-23
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBeiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB) (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0005-8076 • E-ISSN: 1865-9373
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/bgsl-2023-0035
OpenAlexW4389052101
LanguageDE
References cited26

This corpus study investigates well-known violations of the verb second constraint in Old High German main clauses. Starting from the observation that the attested orders are overwhelmingly ambiguous regarding the position of the verb and the preverbal constituents, the paper applies methods for identifying diagnostic datasets which can be clearly distinguished in terms of structure and use. Two types of diagnostic non-verb-second orders are tested, namely verb-final clauses in which no verb movement applies, and verb-third clauses in which the verb as well as all preverbal categories occupy specified positions in the left periphery of the clause. The result is that diagnostic evidence for any of the datasets is sparse in native prose, and that especially diagnostic verb-third orders are not sufficiently distinguishable against their Latin originals. In addition, both diagnostic patterns interfere in use, suggesting that they represent less clearly differentiated, unproductive patterns, used for special stylistic purposes

Constraint (computer-aided design) · German · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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