Studies on Old High German syntax : left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second / Katrin Axel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Axel, Katrin.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 112.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today (LA) ; v. 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Old High German, 750-1050--Syntax.

German language.

German language--Old High German, 750-1050--Sentences.

German language--Old High German, 750-1050--Verb.

German language--Old High German, 750-1050--Word order.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 363 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized verb movement exist in Old High German? Was there already obligatory XP-movement to the left periphery in declarative root clauses? What deviations from the linear verb-second restriction are attested and what do such phenomena reveal about the structure of the left sentence periphery?

Contents:

Studies on Old High German Syntax

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. VERB MOVEMENT

3. VERB-FIRST DECLARATIVES

4. LEFT SENTENCE PERIPHERY AND XP-MOVEMENT

5. PRONOUN PLACEMENT AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE

6. NULL SUBJECTS AND VERB PLACEMENT

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

INDEX

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Revised thesis (doctoral), University of Tubingen, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-358) and index.

ISBN:

9786612152634

9781282152632

1282152637

9789027291981

9027291985

OCLC:

647673057