Linguistic purism in action : how auxiliary tun was stigmatized in Early New High German / Nils Langer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langer, Nils, 1969-

Series:

Studia linguistica Germanica ; 60.

Studia linguistica Germanica ; 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Auxiliary verbs.

German language.

Tun (The German word).

German language--Standardization--History.

German language--Standardization.

History.

German language--Early modern.

Physical Description:

x, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 2001.

Contents:

1.1 The Problem 1

1.2 Grammarians 4

1.3 Tun in Standard German 6

1.4 Thesis 8

2. Part I: The Distribution of Auxiliary Tun 12

2.0 Auxiliary Tun in Other Languages 12

2.1 The Origin of Tun 12

2.2 Tun in Frisian 14

2.3 Tun in Dutch 14

2.3.1 Tun in Earlier Stages of Dutch 14

2.3.2 Tun in Modern Dutch 18

2.4 Tun in English 22

2.4.1 Tun in Earlier Stages of English 23

2.4.2 Tun in Contemporary English 28

2.5 Tun in Low German 30

2.5.1 Tun in Earlier Stages of Low German 31

2.5.2 Tun in Modern Low German 34

2.6 Tun in Older Stages of German 37

2.6.1 Lexical Tun 37

2.6.2 Causative Tun 38

2.6.3 Periphrastic Tun 41

2.7 Tun in Early New High German 44

2.7.1 Causative Tun 45

2.7.2 Regional Variation 46

2.7.3 Text Type Specific Variation 46

2.7.4 Functional Variation 47

2.8 Tun in Modern German Dialects 50

2.8.1 Regional Variation 50

2.8.2 Problems of Analysis 51

2.8.3 Optionality and Polyfunctionality 52

2.8.4 Major Functions of Tun 54

2.9 Tun in ENHG - a New Analysis 63

2.9.1 The Distribution of Tun 63

2.9.2 On the Functions of Tun 71

3. Part II: The Stigmatization of Auxiliary Tun 99

3.1 The Emergence of Standard German - Early Approaches and Current Thinking 99

3.1.1 Early Approaches 99

3.1.2 The Standard Language up to 1600 102

3.1.3 The Standard Language up to 1800 105

3.2 The Emergence of Standard German and the Influence of Grammarians 107

3.2.1 The Sixteenth Century 111

3.2.2 The Seventeenth Century 114

3.2.3 The Eighteenth Century 119

3.3 Polynegation and Double Perfect 123

3.2.1 Polynegation 124

3.2.2 Double Perfect 131

3.4 Syntactic Stigmatization by Prescriptive Grammarians 134

3.5 The Stigmatization of Polynegation and Double Perfect 150

3.5.2 Polynegation 160

3.5.3 Double Perfect 172

3.6 Prescriptive Grammarians and the Stigmatization of Auxiliary Tun 176

3.6.1 Stage 1 (until 1640) 177

3.6.2 Stage 2 (until 1680) 188

3.6.3 Stage 3 (1680-1740) 195

3.6.4 Stage 4 (after 1740) 203

5. Appendix: Data and Bibliographies 224

5.1 Primary Data 225

5.1.1 Corpus 1: Instances of Tun 225

5.1.2 Corpus 2: Evidence from Modern Dialect Dictionaries 263

5.2.1 Corpus 1: The Primary Sources of Tun in ENHG 276

5.2.2 Corpus 2: The Primary Metalinguistic Sources 289

5.2.3 Corpus 3: The Dialect Dictionaries 299

5.2.4 Secondary Literature 301.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-312).

ISBN:

3110170248

OCLC:

47254249