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The syntactic preferences of Adolf Hitler in his declaration of war on Poland / Margaret Hodges Eskew.

Van Pelt Library DD247.H5 E77 1996
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Eskew, Margaret Hodges, 1944-
Series:
History and language ; vol. 1.
History and language ; vol. 1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Language.
Hitler, Adolf.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
German language--Style.
German language.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945.
Physical Description:
xiv, 185 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : P. Lang, [2000]
Contents:
2 Toward A Linguistic Description of the Language of Adolf Hitler 5
Peter Huttenberger 6
Walter Sagitz 6
Helen Kehr and Janet Langmaid 7
Thorolf-Michael Kinne 7
Louis L. Snyder 7
Immediate Participants 8
Adolf Hitler 9
Joseph Goebbels 13
Albert Speer 15
Historical Treatments 16
Deist, Messerschmidt, Volkmann and Wette 17
Charles Bracelen Flood 19
Charles Whiting 21
Hildegard von Kotze and Helmut Krausnick 22
Erhard Kloss 22
Analyses of National Socialist Propaganda 23
Ward Rutherford 23
Lothar Kettenacker 24
Zbynek A. B. Zeman 25
Rhetorical Analyses 26
Ross Scanlan 26
Michael Osborn 27
Margareta Wedleff 28
Detlef Grieswelle 29
Miscellaneous Treatments 32
Worter als Waffen 32
Sterling Fishman 33
Linguistic Research 34
Heinz Paechter 34
Joseph Wulf 37
Gerhard Lange 37
Ilse Schweinsberg-Reichart 38
Peter von Polenz 39
Eugen Seidel and Ingeborg Seidel-Slotty 40
Cornelia Berning 41
Thorolf-Michael Kinne 42
3 Method of Analysis 45
Selection of a Text 45
Selection of the Parameters of the Analysis 45
Syntactic Models 48
Deutsche Syntax 49
Grammatische Hierarchie 51
Duden 53
Collection and Organization of Data 56
4 Clausal Composition and Distribution of Sentences 59
Verb-Free Constructions 59
Einzelsatze 62
Biclausal Satzgefuge 63
Triclausal Satzgefuge 65
Polyclausal Satzgefuge 66
Interclausal Relationships 67
Hammering Effect 70
Syntactic Form of Proverbs 71
Threats 71
5 Hitler's Modes of Sentence Expansion 73
Completeness 73
Complete Hauptsatze 73
Attribution 74
Coordination 76
Empty Proforms and Juxtaposition 77
Empty Proforms and Dependent Clauses 78
Comparison 80
No Expansion 81
Complete Subordinate Clauses 83
"Dass" Clauses as Subjects 83
"Dass" Clauses as Accusative Objects 84
"Dass" Clauses and Adverbial Proforms 87
"Dass" Clauses and Adverbial Constructions 88
"Dass" with "nicht als" and "wenn" 89
"Als dass" 90
"Wenn" Clauses 90
"Weil" Clauses 92
"Ehe" and "Nachdem" 92
"Wie" 93
"Als" 94
"Bis" 94
"Solange" 95
Verbs in First Position 95
Complete Relative Clauses 96
Expansion from Nominative "Erganzungen" 96
Expansion from Accusative "Erganzungen" 97
Dative Antecedents 98
Genitive Antecedents 99
Semantic Content and Syntax 99
Complete Infinitive Clauses 100
Subjects 100
Accusative Constructions 101
Adverbial Constructions 103
Sequence 107
Hauptsatze 108
Dependent Clauses 110
Coordinating Conjunctions 111
"Und" 111
"Aber" 111
"Denn" 112
"Oder" 112
"Sondern" 112
Vacancy 113
Incomplete Hauptsatze 113
Omission of Subjects 113
Omission of Accusative Objects 114
Nominal Proforms in the Nominative Case without Antecedents 117
Nominal Proforms in the Accusative without Antecedents 117
Adverbial Proforms without Antecedents 118
Potential Adverbial Proforms 118
Verbal Constructions 119
Incomplete Subordinate Clauses 120
"Dass" 120
"Wenn" 121
"Als" 122
"Obwohl" 122
"Wie" 122
"So wie" 123
Ellipsis 123
Ellipsis within the Hauptsatz 123
Ellipsis within Subordinate Clauses 125
Interruption 126
Redefinition 126
Modality 127
Intensification 127
Quasi-Interruption 128
Direct Address 129
Syntactic Affinities 131
Syntactic Strategies 133
Omission of Erganzungen of the Verb 133
Selection of Formulaic Syntactic Patterns 134
Syntactically-Induced Patterns of Rhythm 135
Manipulation of the Sequence of Clauses 135
Absence of Command Forms 136
Infrequency of Question Forms 136
Style Variations 136
Semantic/Syntactic Incongruity 136
Declaration of War on Poland: Speech of Adolf Hitler Before the Reichstag in Berlin on September 1, 1939 139
Part I The Language of Adolf Hitler 169.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-181) and index.
ISBN:
0820419206
OCLC:
25710239

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