The Verbal Complex in Subordinate Clauses from Medieval to Modern German

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ID23169396
AuthorsChristopher D Sapp (University of Mississippi, corresponding author)
Year2011
Pages225
Publication date2011-01-26
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe verbal complex in subordinate clauses from medieval to modern German (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/la.173
OpenAlexW631513560
ISBN9789027255563
Open LibraryOL27094177M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

This research monograph is an empirical and theoretical study of clause-final verbal complexes in the history of German. The book presents corpus studies of Middle High German and Early New High German and surveys of contemporary varieties of German. These investigations of the verbal complex address not only the frequencies of the word orders, but also the linguistic factors that influence them. On that empirical basis, the analysis adopted is the classic verb-final approach, with alternative orders derived by Verb (Projection) Raising. Verb Raising in these historical and modern varieties is subject to morphological, prosodic, and sociolinguistic restrictions, suggesting that the orders in question are not driven by narrow syntax but by their effects at the interface with phonology. This study will be of interest to students and scholars studying the diachronic syntax of German, West Germanic dialect syntax, and the relationship between prosody and word order.

German · Germanic languages · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Phonology · Prosody · Raising (metalworking) · Subject (documents) · Syntax · Verb · Word order · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Comparative and general Grammar · German language · German language, syntax · Grammar, Comparative and general · Verb phrase

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