Stæfcræft : studies in Germanic linguistics : select papers from the First and the Second Symposium on Germanic Linguistics, University of Chicago, 24 April 1985, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3-4 October 1986 / editors, Elmer H. Antonsen, Hans Henrich Hock.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Antonsen, Elmer H.

Hock, Hans Henrich, 1938-

Conference Name:

Symposium on Germanic Linguistics (1st : 1985 : University of Chicago)

Symposium on Germanic Linguistics (2nd : 1986 : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 79.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--Congresses.

Germanic languages.

Germanic languages--History--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Staefcraeft

Staefcraeft.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first Symposium on Germanic Linguistics was organized at the University of Chicago by Jan Terje Faarlund. The notable success of this undertaking led Elmer H. Antonsen, Hans Henrich Hock, and James W. Marchand to arrange the Second Symposium on Germanic Linguistics at the University of Illinois. This volume contains revised versions of selected papers from the two symposia. The thirteen papers cover a broad cross-section of Germanic linguistics, including problems in synchronic syntax, mainly of Dutch and German; the synchronic morphology of German;

Contents:

STÆFCRÆFT STUDIES IN GERMANIC LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; Table of contents; ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GERMAN: IN DEFENSE OF THE CATEGORY ADJECTIVE/ADVERB; ON TWO CASE-BASED REANALYSIS REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CAUSATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN DUTCH; THE UNACCUSATIVE HYPOTHESIS AND A REFLEXIVE CONSTRUCTION IN GERMAN AND DUTCH; ON THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIVE CLAUSES IN EARLY GERMANIC, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON BEOWULF; OUT OF CONTROL: CONTROL THEORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPTY CATEGORIES, EXPLETIVES, AND MISSING SUBJECTS IN GERMAN

MODERN EVIDENCE FOR ANCIENT SOUND CHANGES: OLD ENGLISH BREAKING AND OLD HIGH GERMAN VOWEL EPENTHESIS REVISITED INFLECTIONS AND PARADIGMS IN GERMAN NOMINAL DECLENSION; PHONOLOGIZATION IN GERMANIC: UMLAUTS AND VOWEL SHIFTS; THE SOUND-SHIFT REVISITED - OR JACOB GRIMM VINDICATED; THE ROLE OF SEMANTIC RESTRICTIONS IN GERMAN PASSIVE FORMATION; THE RISE OF PERIPHRASTIC TENSES IN GERMAN: THE CASE AGAINST LATIN INFLUENCE; ON THE SYLLABIC MOTIVATION OF INFLECTIONAL SUFFIXES IN GERMANIC; ON A PARAMETER OF CASE PERCOLATION; MASTER LIST OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31341-3

9786613313416

90-272-7790-7

OCLC:

759101389