The verbal complex in subordinate clauses from medieval to modern German / Christopher D. Sapp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapp, Christopher D.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 173.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today ; v. 173

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Verb phrase.

German language.

German language--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The Verbal Complex in Subordinate Clauses from Medieval to Modern German; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Factors influencing verb order in MHG; 3. Factors influencing verb order in ENHG; 4. Verbal complexes in contemporary German; 5. German clause structure and the prosody-syntax interface; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9786612976803

9781282976801

128297680X

9789027287250

9027287252

OCLC:

703433969