Markers of Futurity in Old High German and Old English

A Comparative Corpus-Based Study

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ID23176758
AuthorsGabriele Diewald (0000-0002-9572-9384, Leibnitz Universität Hannover, Germany), Ilse Wischer (University of Potsdam)
Year2013
Pages195-216
Publication date2013-10-10
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueComparative studies in early Germanic languages (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/slcs.138.09die
OpenAlexW2482843507
ISBN9789027206053
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

This paper is a comparative corpus-based study of constructions that had the potential of marking future events in Old High German (OHG) and Old English (OE), i.e. modal constructions and those with be/become -verbs. Given the fact that both languages stem from a common source and probably had similar source lexemes for future grams, they nevertheless took diverging paths to develop a future tense, with werden in German and will/shall in English. The paper aims at comparing the earliest attestable stages of the two languages, i.e. Old High German and Old English to find out whether there are language internal differences with regard to the patterns of use of the possible source items. The database for our studies consists of OHG and OE text material dating from 790 to 1155, which we consider to be maximally comparable with respect to chronology, text type and content.

Art · German · Linguistics · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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